Dictionary Entries

suanaí

níl ann ach suanaí, (tá sé) ciúin gan suim i gcaint aige; gan bheith a' caint

stiúir

bean gan chliú ná bád gan stiúir (sean-ocal); imeó' sí chuile áit, no control over her

speinn

buailfidhear speinn air - na daoine maithe, he will become subject to, or under the spell of fairies (heard only once).

sóntaíl

an rud is measa bhí greamuithe go dhuine riamh a' tsóntaíl.

sónta

fear sónta, fear a chreidfeadh chuile shórt (TmB). duine sónt', a youngster too obedient to everybody, doing what they tell him (MMt).

sónraidh

thóig mé sónraí dó, I observed it, took notice of it

sompla

a' sumpla bróch, nach fearr a' fear mise ná é? the dirty wretch, amn't I a better man than him

so-chaideartha

duine so-chaideartha, a harmless fellow.

snámhtha

nach bhfuil sé snáfaí lé uisc' (an spéir thiar), the sky is full of rain on the way, coming

smutú

ghá smutú, ghá mbriseadh (claidhmhtheachaí) (SOG); tá sí smutaí agad, you have it smashed (of spade that struck a stone) (MMt).

smúitiú

tá an ghealach faoi smúitiú, scamall thart orthaí

sméarthacht

a' sméarthacht a cinn, rubbing her head, fingering her hair

sméadhamh

níl s. ar bith sa tinidh agad, your fire is nearly dead

slubaire

slubaire bróch, a person slovenly in speech and messy generally.

sláimín

sláimín go bhean, a slovenly untidy "clot" of a woman; sláimín Saturday, a lazy bad housekeeper who leaves all her work, washing etc., over till Saturday.

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