A dictionary of the Gaelic language, in two parts, I. Gaelic and ...

GE 507 SGE
SGEATH, -AiDH, SG-, II. a. and 7!, More
properly, Sgeith.
SGEIG, -E, s. f. Mockery, derision, jeering;
a taunt; buffoonery, waggery.
SGEIG, -iVH, SG-, V. a. (Sgeig,) Mock, ri-
taunt, scorn.
dicule, deride ;
SGE1GEACH,-EICHE, at/;. (Sgeig,) Mock-
ing, deriding, ridiculing ;
taunting, scorn-
ing.
SGEIGEACH, -ich, s. m. (Sgeig,) A
mocker, derider.
SGEIGEALACHD, $.f. bid. (Sgeigeil,)
IMockery, taunting, satire.
SGEIGEAR, -iR, -AN, s. m. (Sgeig and
Fear.) See Sgeigsir.
SGEIGEARACHD, s. f. ind. (Sgeigear,)
Mockery, derision; a habit of mocking or
deriding; buffoonery, waggery.
SGEIGEIL, -E, adj. (Sgeig,) Reproachful,
scornful, mocking, gÌTen to mockery or
derision.
SGEIGEIR, -K, -EAN, 5. m. (Sgeig and
Fear,) A mocker, wag, buffoon, lampoon-
er; a gander.
KG EI GE AS, -IS, s. f. (Sgeig,) Waggery,
buffoonery.
SGEIGEASACH, -aiche, adj. (Sgeigeas.)
See Sgeigt-il.
SGEIGIREACHD, s. f. ind. (Sgeigeir,)
See Sgeigearachd.
SGEILCEAl.RA, adj. Supple, elastic;
active, quick, lively; sudden, quick.
SGEILCEAKRACHD, *. f. ind. (Sgeilc-
earra,) Suppleness, elasticity; activity,
quickness, liveliness ; suddenness, quick-
ness.
SGÈILE, ) -iDH, s. f. Misery, pitv,
SGÈILEADH, i"
calamity.
SGÈILEACH, -EiCHE, adj. (Sgeile,) Calamitous,
ruinous.
SGEILEAS, -Eis, -AN, s. vi. A bill or
beak ; a thin face ; talkativeness, garru-
lity. Provin.
SGEILEASACH, -aiche, adj. (Sgeileas,)
Thin faced; loquacious, garrulous. Pro-
vin.
SGEILEASACH, -aich, s.f. (Sgeileas,)
A loquacious, garrulous woman.
SGEILEID, -E, -EAN, s. f. A skillet, small
boiler.
SGEILM, -E, s. f. Boasting, vain-glory ;
prattling, vain or idle talk; neatness of
dress.
SGEILMEAR, -eir, -ean, s.m. (Sgeilm
and Fear,) A foolish boaster, a prating
SGEILMEARRACHD, %.f.ind. (Sseii.
mearra,) See Sgeilmeileachd.
SGEILMEIL, -E, nry. (Sgeilm.) Boasting,
vain-glorious ; prating, given to idle language;
neat, tidy in dress.
SGEILMEILE.ÀCHD, s. f. ind. (Sgeil-
meil,) A habit of boasting, it habit ef
prating ;
neatness of dress.
SGEILxMSE, s. ./; iiid. A surprise, a
sudden attack.
SGEILMSEACH, -EICHE, tidi. (Sgeilmse,)
Attacking or coming upon one unawares.
SGEILP, -E, -EAN, -EACHAN. A shelf Of
cliff of a rock; a shelf in a keeping place.
SGEILPEACH, -eiche, adj. (Sgeilp,)
Sheivy, abounding in cliffs or rocks ; fur-
nished with shelves.
SGÈ1L-THEACHDAIRE, -ean, s. m.
(Sgeul and Teachdaire, ) A tale-bearer.
SGÈIMH, -E, s.f. Comeliness, beauty;
ornament.
SGÈIMHEACH, -eiche, adj. (Sgèimh,)
Handsome, graceful, elegant.
SGÈIMHEACHADH, -aidh, s. m. and
pres. part. v. Sgèimhich. Adorning, act of
adorning, ornamenting or beautifying.
SGÈIMHEACHD, s.
f. ind. (Sgèimheach,)
Beauty, comeliness, gracefulness.
SGÈIMHEALACH,-AicHE,nrf;.(Sgèimh,)
Handsome, fair, graceful ; well dressed,
ornamented, adornei!.
SGÈIMHEALACHD, s.f. ind. (Sgèimh-
eil,) Handsomeness, neatness.
SGÈIMHICH, -iDH, SG-, v.a. (Sgèimh,)
Adorn, ornament, beautify, make fair.
SGÈIMHICHTE, pret. part. v. Sgèimh-
ich. Adorned, ornamented ; made fair,
beautified.
SGEIMHLE, Is.m. and pres. part.
SGEIMHLEADH, S v- Sgeimhiich. A
skirmish, a fight ; a.-!urprise; a bitterness
of speech, biting words; a skirmishing,
act of skirmishing ; bickering, act of bicker-
ing, or using bitter language.
SGEIMHLEAR, -eir, -an, s. m. (Sgeimhleadh
and Fear,) A fighter, disputer;
one who uses bitter words.
SGEIMHLEARACHD, s.f. ind. Sgeimh-
lear,) A habit of bickering or quarrel-
ling.
SGEIMHLICH, -idh, sg-, v. a, and ii.
(Sgeimhle,) Surprise, alarm; skirmish,
bicker; use bitter words.
SGE INN IDH, -E, s. m. Flax or hemp,
thread, small twine.
fellow ; a neatly dressed person.
SGEILMEARRA, adj. (Sgeilm,) See
SGEIR, -E, -EAN, s.f. A rock in the sea.
SGEIREACII, -EICHE, ù(/> (Sgeir.) Rocky,
Sgeilmeil.
full of rocks.