ar do sheanléim
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “on one’s best jump”
Phrase
[edit]- feeling like oneself, in form, recovered
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, page 91:
- bʹɛ mʹə ərʹ mə hæNʹLʹeimʹ əmα:rαχ
- [beidh mé ar mo sheanléim amárach]
- I shall be myself tomorrow
Usage notes
[edit]Frequently construed with arís (“again”) to indicate that someone who was formerly ill or otherwise impaired is now back to full health.
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sean-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seanléim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seanléim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seanléim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “sheanléim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024