ar do sheanléim

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “on one’s best jump”

Phrase

ar do sheanléim

1. feeling like oneself, in form, recovered
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, page 91:

     bʹɛ mʹə ərʹ mə hæNʹLʹeimʹ əmα:rαχ

     [beidh mé ar mo sheanléim amárach]

     I shall be myself tomorrow

Usage notes

Frequently construed with arís (“again”) to indicate that someone who was formerly ill or otherwise impaired is now back to full health.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sean-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanléim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seanléim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seanléim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “sheanléim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024