sceamh

Irish

From Middle Irish scem.^[2] The verb is derived from the noun.

sceamh f (genitive singular sceimhe, nominative plural sceamhanna)

Declension of sceamh (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	sceamh	sceamhanna
vocative	a sceamh	a sceamhanna
genitive	sceimhe	sceamhanna
dative	sceamh sceimh (archaic, dialectal)	sceamhanna

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an sceamh	na sceamhanna
genitive	na sceimhe	na sceamhanna
dative	leis an sceamh leis an sceimh (archaic, dialectal) don sceamh don sceimh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na sceamhanna

sceamh (present analytic sceamhann, future analytic sceamhfaidh, verbal noun sceamhaíl, past participle sceafa) (intransitive)

conjugation of sceamh (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	sceamhaíl
past participle	sceafa
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	sceamhim	sceamhann tú; sceamhir^†	sceamhann sé, sí	sceamhimid	sceamhann sibh	sceamhann siad; sceamhid^†	a sceamhann; a sceamhas	sceamhtar
past	sceamh mé; sceamhas	sceamh tú; sceamhis	sceamh sé, sí	sceamhamar; sceamh muid	sceamh sibh; sceamhabhair	sceamh siad; sceamhadar	a sceamh / ar sceamh*	sceamhadh
past habitual	sceamhinn	sceamhtá	sceamhadh sé, sí	sceamhimis; sceamhadh muid	sceamhadh sibh	sceamhidís; sceamhadh siad	a sceamhadh / a sceamhadh*	sceamhtí
future	sceamhfidh mé; sceamhfad	sceamhfidh tú; sceamhfir^†	sceamhfidh sé, sí	sceamhfimid; sceamhfidh muid	sceamhfidh sibh	sceamhfidh siad; sceamhfid^†	a sceamhfidh; a sceamhfas	sceamhfar
conditional	sceamhfinn	sceamhfá	sceamhfadh sé, sí	sceamhfimis; sceamhfadh muid	sceamhfadh sibh	sceamhfidís; sceamhfadh siad	a sceamhfadh / a sceamhfadh*	sceamhfí
subjunctive
present	go sceamh mé; go sceamhad^†	go sceamh tú; go sceamhir^†	go sceamh sé, sí	go sceamhimid; go sceamh muid	go sceamh sibh	go sceamh siad; go sceamhid^†	—	go sceamhtar
past	dá sceamhinn	dá sceamhtá	dá sceamhadh sé, sí	dá sceamhimis; dá sceamhadh muid	dá sceamhadh sibh	dá sceamhidís; dá sceamhadh siad	—	dá sceamhtí
imperative
–	sceamhim	sceamh	sceamhadh sé, sí	sceamhimis	sceamhigí; sceamhidh^†	sceamhidís	—	sceamhtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

^ “sceamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language