séim

See also: seim and Seim

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sɸeimis, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲeːβ̃ʲ]

Adjective

séim

1. thin

Inflection

i-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	séim	séim	séim
vocative	séim
accusative	séim	séim
genitive	séim	séime	séim
dative	séim	séim	séim
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	séimi	séimi
vocative	séimi
accusative	séimi
genitive	séim* séime
dative	séimib

*not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: séimh
• Scottish Gaelic: sèimh

Mutation

Mutation of séim

radical	lenition	nasalization
séim	ṡéim	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language