Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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.

slám

slám olainne, a roll of wool tuairim 's punt (TmB); slám ceó, a piece of fog or foggy cloud.

slubaire

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

sméadhamh

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

sméarthacht

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

smúitiú

tá an ghealach faoi smúitiú, scamall thart orthaí

smutú

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

snámhán

a' ghaoth a' snámhán thart, the wind going round to another point

snámhtha

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

snuada

so-chaideartha

duine so-chaideartha, a harmless fellow.

sompla

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

sónraidh

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

sónta

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

sóntaíl

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