sàmhach

quiet, Irish sámhach (Coneys has samhach), still, pleasant, from sámh, ( samh), pleasant, still, Early Irish sám, sáme, rest, quiet, sáim, mild, quiet: *sâmo-. Possibly allied to English soft, Old High German samfto, softly, Gothic samjan, please; and the root sam of samhradh. Stokes suggests connectino with Zend hâma, like, Church Slavonic samu$$u, ipse, Norse, sömr, samr, English same; or Greek $$Gc$$`meros, tame. Cf. sàimhe.