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
- Entries containing “seanléim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “seanléim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “sheanléim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.