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

SIN >20 SIO
plidh,) Simpkiiess ov sìii^Ikjuss of heart,
plainness, honesty; sillille^s.
SIN, proii. demons. That, those.
SÌN, -iDH, bH-, V. a. Stretch; increase in
length, stretch out; reach a thing to an-
other; prolong.
SÌN, -IDH, 8H-, i;. a. See Tòisich.
SINE, -EAN, and -KACHAV, s. y. A teat, a
dug, a nipple.
SINE, adj. conip. .1 Sean. Elder, older,
oldest.
SINEACH, -EiCHE, adj. (Sine, s.) Having
large dugs.
SINEAD, -EiD, s. m. (Sine, adj.) Seniority,
degree of seniority.
SiNEADH, -IDH, s. m. and pres. part. v.
Sin. Stretching, act of stretching, extend-
ing ; increasing in length ; act of stretch-
ing out; act of reaching a thing to ano-
ther; prolonging, act of prolorging, prolon-
gatio.i.
SINN, jiers. pron. pi. We, us.
SINNSEAR, -iR, -EAN, s. ni. coll. Ances-
tors, fathers. See Sinnsir.
SINN-SEANAIR, -e, -ean, s. m. (Sean
and Seanair,) A great-grandfather.
SI NN-SEAN-MH ATHAIR, -AR, -THRAi-
CHEAK, s. /. (Sean and Sean-mhàthair,)
A great-gi'andraother.
SINNSEARACHD, 5. /. md. See Sinn-
sireachd.
SINNSIR, -sRE, -E, and -ean, and -srean,
s. m. coll. Ancestors, fathers.
SINNSIREAC'HD, s. f. hid. (Sinnsir,)
Right of succession genealogy, account of
;
families ;
custom of ancestors.
SINNSRE, -IDH, -EAN, s. m. See
I
SINNSRKADH, i Sinnsir.
SÌNTE, pret. part. v. Sin. Stretched; in-
creased in length ;
prolonged.
SÌNTE, -EAN, s. m. The traces by which
a horse draws the plough.
StNTE A CH, -EicHE, adj. (Sin, v.) Straight,
long, extending far.
StNTEAG, -EiG, -AN, s.f. A skip, bound,
a pace.
SÌNTEAGACH, -aiche, adj. (Shiteag,)
Skipping, bounding; making long strides
or paces.
SIOBAG, -AiG, -AN, s. f. A blast of the
mouth.
SIOBHAG, -AiG, -AN, J. /. A straw; the
wick of a candle.
SÌOBHALTA, -ailte, «£/;. Civil, courte-
ous, peaceful, mild.
SlOBHALTACHD, wd. > i. m. and/.
I5ÌOBHALTAS. -AIS, \ (Siobhalta,)
Civility, courtesy, pencefulness.
SIOBHAS, -Ais, J. m. Kdge, madness.
SIOBHASACH, -aiche,
Furious, frantic.
adj. (Siobhas,)
SÌOCHAINT, -E, 5. /: (Sith and Cainnt,)
Peace, peacetulness, quiet, repose.
SiOCHAlNTEACH, -eiche, ati/, (Sioch-
aint,J Peaceful, tranquil.
SiOCHAlR, -E, -EAN, s. Til. (Sithich and
Fiiai.) A dwarf, a fairy-like person ; a
contemptible fellow,
SÌOCHAIREACH, -eiche, adj. (Siocbair,)
Dwarfish, contemptible, mean.
StOCHAIREACHD, ,^./ ind. (Siochaireach,)
Uwarfishness; conti'n~ii)tible habits.
SÌOUA, -A, -ACHAN, s. m. Silk.
SÌODAIL, -E, arfj. (Sioda,) Silky.
SÌOD-CHNU1MH, -e, -ean, s.f.
(Sioda
and Cnuimh,) A silk worm.
SÌOGACH, -AICHE, adj. Pale, ill looking,
ill coloured ; inactive, lazy.
SIOGAID, -E, -EAN, \s.m. A loan,
SIOGAIUEACH, -EicH, \ dwarfish, weak-
ly fellow ;
a starveling.
S1ÒGAIDEACH, -eiche, adj. (Siogaid,)
Lean, cadaverous, famished looking.
SÌOL, -ÌL, s. m. Seed of any kind; progeny,
descendants; a tribe or clan; a
spawn or fry of fish.
SÌOL-CURÀ, ^ s. m. (Siol, anrl Cuir t».)
SIOL-CUIR,
so w.
S Sowing-seed; seed to
SiOL-GHOBACH, \ -aigh, s. f. (Siol and
SÌOLAG-AIG, S Gob,) A sand eel.
SIOLA, -CHAN, s. 771. A gill, a gill measure;
woiiden collars for jdough horses ; a syl-
lable.
SÌOLACHAUH, -aidh, s. m. and pres.
part. V. Siolaich. Propagating, propagation;
increasing in number, multiplying, state of
being multiplied.
SÌOLACHAN, -AiN, -AN, s. m. (Siolaidh,
i\) A filter, a strainer.
SÌOLADH, -AIDH, s. T7Ì. and jires. part. v.
Siolaidh. Subsiding, state of subsiding
straining, act of straining or filtering ; sink-
ing, state of sinking.
SIOLADH, -AirH, -ean, s. vi. A syllable.
SÌOLAG, -AIG, -AN, s.f. dim. of Siol. A
seedling; a small or stunted grain of corn.
SÌOLAGACH, -AICHE, adj. (Siolag,)
Abounding in seedlings.
SÌOLAICH, -IDH, SH-, V. a. and ii. (Siol,)
Propagate, multiply, engender.
SiOLAlCH, -E, -EAN, s. m. A propagator.
SÌOLAIDH, -IDH, SH- V. a. and n. SuU
side, settle down ; strain, filter ; sink.
SIOLC, -AIDH, SH-. t'. a. Snatch, piller
seize upon ;
Tvink.
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