/ʃeːvʲ/
OriginFrom Old Irish séim, from Proto-Celtic *sɸeimis, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“thin”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sèimh.
- smooth, mellow, easy
- mild, gentle, soft
- placid
- soft, quiet
- soft, lenited
- literaryslender, thin
- rarefied (of a gas, less dense than usual), thin
- fine, delicate
- subtle, tenuous
- mild, balmy, temperate
- good-tempered, good-natured
Formsséimhe(feminine, genitive, singular) · séimhe(plural) · séimhe(comparative) · séimh(masculine, nominative, singular) · shéimh(feminine, nominative, singular) · séimhe(error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural) · shéimhe(error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural) · shéimh(masculine, singular, vocative) · shéimh(feminine, singular, vocative) · séimhe(error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative) · shéimh(genitive, masculine, singular) · séimhe(error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural) · séimh(error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural) · séimh(dative, masculine, singular) · shéimh(dative, masculine, singular) · shéimh(dative, feminine, singular) · séimhe(dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural) · shéimhe(dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural) · níos séimhe(comparative, error-unrecognized-form) · is séimhe(error-unrecognized-form, superlative)
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