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sgib
Sampla(í) Úsáide: in phr. de scib, quickly, at once, g. to learn a song by hearing it once
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sídhtheamhail
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): subject to sudden storms (esp. in October) (12). The Inishkea drowning of 1927 was in Oct.
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singil
Sampla(í) Úsáide: T.D. singil, leithide X.Y. a' bhfuighe sé pinsean? an ordinary T.D. not a minister; cf. saighdiúirín singil, private soldier (Cois Fhairrge).
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sinneán
Sampla(í) Úsáide: tá sinneán cruaidh anois ann - níl sé cho láidir lé cóitheach (cóifeach); níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite ; sinneán gaoithe.
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sinní
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): emphatic
Sampla(í) Úsáide: ar muintir sinní, our people
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siocair
Sampla(í) Úsáide: tá siad a' marú na sagart ionn gan siocair gan ábhar, for nothing, for no cause at all.
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siod é
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): look at it over there
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síog
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): both mean hayrick; they are rectangular in shape as opposed to cruach which is round
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siol!
Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): words used to chase hen out of cabbage patch
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sionnach Chliara
Sampla(í) Úsáide: Tá tú cho gleic le sionnach Ch., a very common expression. A boatman going in to Clare Island found her apparently dead near his boat; he threw her in to have her skin for a buoy later. On reaching the island she jumped away. Bhí sí ag iompar cuileán.
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