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

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