ceum
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish céimm (“step, stride”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰʲeːm/
Noun
ceum m (genitive singular ceuma or cèim, plural ceuman or ceumannan)
Derived terms
- ceum is ceum (“step by step”)
- ceumnachadh (“pacing; graduation”)
- ceumnaich (“pace; graduate”, verb)
- taobh-cheum (“digression”)