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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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