(-mm) n, n. vn. of 1 cingid. See
GOI §§ 152
,
328
,
453
,
756
, and
GOI Translators' Note p. 683
. m. and f.,
IGT Decl. § 45
. n
s.
cheimim,
Hugh Roe² 20.22
.
cém,
RSClára 87a
etc.
I
(a) act of stepping towards, approaching; resorting to (with
various prepp.): ar do chéimm ar croich `for the sake of
Thy going upon the cross',
Ériu vi 113 § 5
. la c.¤ do míasaib
maithib `when there is stepping to good tables',
iii 102 § 30
.
nir' fhetsat ceim fora n-agaid dia n-echuib,
Marco P. 113
.
ceim do churadaib Connacht,
MR 250.20
.
ceim fri haimles
n-egalsa,
Ériu ii 228.15
.
ceim i cleith,
LU 4009
(
SCC 45
. )
cen ch.¤ dó 'na comlepaid unless he should come to share her
bed,
Ériu iv 104.2
.
cēim iar sētaib soscēla,
ii 56 § 11
.
ar gc.¤-ne ón talmhain thuaidheamhain,
DDána 70.9
.
With gen.: c.¤ an chroinn the step towards the cross,
Dán Dé
xxix 20
.
(b) With cingid: ciṅg ceim co lan tocud etc.,
Corp. Gen.
80.2
.
nocho chingfind ceim dar cert,
LL 18668
.
rochind
seig a cheim co hegandais,
TTebe 1088
.
(c)
step, pace, stride
: inna ceimmen gl. gresús,
Ml. 22a7
.
céimmim gl. extento gradu,
41d7
. ch.¤ cruth cheill congraimmim
in gait, etc.,
LU 8323
(
FB 24
).
c.¤ tar ais,
Dán Dé
xxviii 26
. c.¤ ar ch.¤
`step by step',
Rel. Celt. ii 190.10
. c.¤
baccaighe limp,
TSh. 3344
. dhírighios a chéime = (the Lord)
directeth his steps,
Proverbs xvi 9
.
(d) With verbs other than cingid: ascnam c.¤ for caland
`let us strive to step',
Fél. Dec. 31
(cf. Gorm.).
ná beram c.¤
secha sain,
LL 3308
.
c.¤ chríoch n-imdherg nis dring,
Ériu
xiii 20.1
. dréisi c.¤ cech óin laithi `advance thou a step every
day',
i 200 § 24
.
caín feid a rosc rocheim inna chend síar,
LU 8342
(
FB 24
). nach rach c.¤ don chiort `depart one step',
PBocht 9.25
.
(e) As measure of length:
da ceimend sechtmogat in airdi
in tuir,
Auraic. 1245
. .u. ced deg ceim curadh `fifteen hundred
warrior's paces',
Stair Erc. 774
. Cf. da traigid gu leith se in
ceim inraic `the full pace',
Ériu xvii 70 § 10 gl. 5
. See míle.
(f)
degree
(astron., etc.): sa 4 ceim
in quarto gradu (of heat),
ZCP xviii 264.16
. sgáile na ccéimionn `degrees' (of a sun-dial),
Isaiah xxxviii 8
.
(g)
stage in a process
: na céimenda as i ndéntar in t-adaltras
.i. silled ┐ comrád etc.,
PH 7807
.
i gcéimeannaibh an chreidimh,
Dán Dé vi 31
. an dechmadh c.¤ ó Cholla (in pedigree),
BNnÉ 281.28
.
in trat tic cum in ceime deiginigh don eitici,
Rosa Angl. 76.2
. an dara c.¤ . . . an treas c.¤
stage (of the death
of the body),
TSh. 1240 ff.
(h)
dignity, rank, degree
: hí ceím
gl. in gradum dignitatis,
Ml. 19a3
.
ina ceim ┐ ina cadus fein,
BB 238a14
.
cech ceim
cádhusach,
CCath. 1507
. i gc.¤
`in high esteem',
Content. xvi
95
.
na tigernuidhi doreir a ceimenn,
Maund. 148
. nech
lugha ceim nā rí `of lower rank than',
ZCP vi 101.27
. ?
daerfuidir do saeradh taris ceim bas etar leis,
Laws v 450.21
Comm.
lucht céimenn `dignitaries',
Hugh Roe² 158.22
.
da
gach aon . . . do réir a chéime,
Keat. ii 2072
. iar na togha is
na ceimionnaibh remraite `to those dignities',
AFM iii 364.4
.
(i)
amount, degree, extent
: a ngach aoinch.¤
`in every particular',
O'Hara 546
. a n-aein ch.¤
`in any degree',
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 374.6
.
san ch.¤ a ttugas . . . grádh dhó,
Desid. 5971
.
(j)
procedure, proper course
:
cēim n-erlatad ar Dīa,
ZCP
iii 449.12
.
cēim fāthach `walking with knowledge',
Ériu ii
64 § 6
. dom chor ó ch.¤
from the proper course,
DDána 38.22
.
ní c.¤ é eidir óghaibh,
Ir. Syll. Poetry 34 § 5
.
c.¤ eoil don
aineolach,
Dán Dé xxviii 45
. do chríochnaigh C. a c.¤ flatha
`his royal progress',
ML 88.32
. c.¤ caithme `an expensive
process',
BNnÉ 282.7
.
ceim conalbais,
Lism. L. 3069
.
(k) In later lang. freq. in vague sense of
task, exploit,
undertaking, feat, deed
:
do c[h]onāch id chémanduib,
ML²
1654
.
c.¤ anshógha,
DDána 99.7
. c.¤ d'éirghe aigeanta enough
to make the heart rise,
66.3
. brígh 'na ccéimiondaibh ní chuir
`he sets no store by their doings',
Studies 1919, 258 § 18
.
do
bhéireadh béim ann gach c.¤ cruaidh,
Oss. vi 74.12
. c.¤
macaimh Muimnigh `part',
MR 302.7
.
c.¤ cruaidh,
Desid.
897
. Perh. also in:
Bethach fo chéimim chlothalt / marb in
h-Erind ar clitecht,
LL 769
(see
Leb. Gab.(i) 114.9
).
(l) Freq. in chevilles:
ceim forais,
SR 4391
(cf. béim f.).
c.¤ ngle,
LU 2831
.
c.¤ gan gainne,
LL 7074
. gárbh fhearr c.¤
`what prize could be greater?',
Studies 1920, 98 § 6
.
(m)
generation
:
go nuige an mīle céim
,
Carswell² 48.1651
=
gus an mhíle genealach,
Adtimchiol 155b3
.
go nuige an treas nō an ceathramhadh cém nō glún gheinealaidh,
Carswell² 98.3437
.
(n) Miscellaneous uses: ?
sluag Herend cona fairind /
lotar ba cemmend cumaiṅg,
LL 746
.
re trichait ṁblīadna
i Maig Mell / re cōicait cīalla cēmend,
Fianaig. 50.13
. ? reim
dano ceim a airbert (quatrain follows),
Auraic. 800
=
cém,
3590
=
ceim
,
3617
. iar ceimennaibh `in course',
Laws iii
344.19 Comm.
`in turn',
iv 260.y Comm.
ar ndola dá cruth
i gcéimibh (: éirigh) `her body swelling',
PBocht 18.31
. See
TD 10.22 n. p. 237
. i gc.¤
properly composed (?) (a poem),
Ó Bruad. iii 194.x
.
II In concrete applications
(a)
step, rung
: trisna cemmen
i n-andais . . . a ch.¤ són i ngaibthe cech salm `the step in
which each psalm used to be sung',
Ml. 133b4
-5. [cé]mmen
templi gl. gradus,
Thes. i 498.8
(Ardm.). ceimenna arda
high steps,
LB 151b3
. seacht gcéimeanna ann (of a ladder,
Fig.),
Aithd. D. 62.20
.
céimeanna an chaisléin,
Dán Dé
xxviii 15
. ?
ceim .i. conair, ut est ceim sech na dichestar
dilsi sech andoit n-eclaise,
O'Dav. 549
. Also
stile, threshold
etc.: iter claid . . . ┐ tenlach ┐ cēim
`fire-place and (door-)step',
Cáin Ad. 41
. tarsa ceim isind faichti `over the stile into the
field',
Mon. Tall. 130.8
.
for c.¤ na reilgge,
Irish Texts i 35.14
.
airde cech ceim
(v.l.) [ar]aile (of building),
MacCarthy 40.24
.
(b)
pass
: Slīab C. na cēmenn crūaid `of the difficult passes',
Ériu ii 50 § 5
. set conaire no ceime `footpath',
Laws v 152.x
Comm.
inis na gcéimeann,
Measgra D. 55.2
.
essruis . . . co
ceimeannaibh cumgae,
Stair Erc. 234
.
Compds. With adjj.: réim . . . ceim-dhíochra with eager
step,
ML 84.15
.
a[g] cuibrech an curadh crodha ceimdighaind,
ZCP vi 285.28
. dochuaidh ina coinne co ceimdirech `went
straight to meet him',
45.13
. céimleasg i gcath `cool in conflict',
TD 26.25
.
go cobhsaidh céimrighin,
AFM vi 2128.16
.