céim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish céimm, from Proto-Indo-European *skeng, *keng-. Cognate with Old Welsh ceimmin (Welsh cam), Cornish cam, Breton kam; cognate with German hinken. Compare Scottish Gaelic ceum and Manx keim.

Noun

céim f (genitive céime, nominative plural céimeanna)

1. step, footstep
2. pace
3. step (of a stair), riser
4. grade (of elevation)
5. degree (of a university; angle; temperature)

Declension

Declension of céim

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative céim céimeanna Vocative a chéim a chéimeanna Genitive céime céimeanna Dative céim céimeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chéim na céimeanna Genitive na céime na gcéimeanna Dative leis an gcéim don chéim leis na céimeanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

breischéim (“comparative”)

forchéim (“climax”)

Related terms

• céimnigh (“to step, to pace; to graduate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
céim	chéim	gcéim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911