scéimh

• sciamh
• sgéimh, sgiamh (obsolete)

From Old Irish scíam (“appearance, beauty”) (whence also Scottish Gaelic sgiamh), from Latin schēma (“form, shape, figure”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape, figure”). Doublet of scéim.

• IPA^(key): /ʃceːvʲ/

scéimh f (genitive singular scéimhe, nominative plural scéimheanna)

1. beauty, fairness

   Synonym: áilleacht

2. appearance

   Synonyms: cuma, cosúlacht

• “scéimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scíam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scéiṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 606
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scéimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN