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RUN 482
confident, trusty, trust-worthy ; dark, mys-
terious.
RÙNACH, -AicH, s. in. (Run,) A beloved
person ; a confidant.
RÙNACHADH, -aidh, s. vi. and pres.
part, V. Rùnaich. Inclining, act or state of
inclining, or wishing ; act of designing,
purposing or intending.
RÙNAG, -AiG, -AN, s.f. (Run,) A beloved
woman.
RÙNAICH, -iDH, R-, V. a. and n. (Rim,)
Incline, wish ;
resolve, purpose.
RÙNA1CHTE, pret. part. v. Rùiiaich.
Desired, wished; resolved, fixed upon.
RÙNA1R, -E, -EAK, s. 711. (Run and P'ear,)
A secretary.
RCNAIREACHD, s. f.
ind. (Rùnair,)
Office of secretary, secretaryship.
RÙN-CHLÈIREACH, -ich, s. m. (Run
and Clèireach,) A secretary.
RÙN-CHLÈIREACHD, s.f. ind. (Runchleireach,)
Office, or business of a secre-
tary,
RÙN-DÌOMHAIR, -lin, and -Ùintean,
or -ùntan-dÌujihair, s. m. (Run and
Diomhair,) A secret purpose or intention ;
a mystery ; a secret.
RÙN-FOLAICH, -ùin-fholaich, s, m.
(Run and Folach,) Secret love.
RÙN-PHÀ1RTEACH, -EicHE.arf/. (Run
and Pàirteach,) Communicative, ready to
communicate; communicable; apt to re-
veal secrets.
RÙN-PHA1RTEACH, -ICH, s. TO. (Run
and Pàirteach,) ,A partaker of a secret or
mystery.
RUN- PHÀIRTEACHADH, -AIDH, s. m.
and pres. part. v. Rùn-phàirtich. Communicating,
act of communicating secrets ;
a consulting, act of consulting together.
RÙN-PHÀIRTICH, -IDH, R-, V. a. (Run
and Pàirtich. Communicate or disclose
secrets; deliberate, consult together.
RÙN-PHÀIRTICHTE, adj. and jrret.
part. V. Rùn-phàirtich. Communicated,
disclosed.
RUN-RÀITE, -ùiN, and -ùntan-ràite,
s.y. (Run and Ràdh, ) A resolution, a
solemn vow. Frovin.
RÙRAICH, -IDH, B-, V. a. See Rùdhraich.
ROSAL, -AiPH, and -slaidh, r-, v. a.
Search ; turn over things in searching
scratch, scrape.
RUSG, -ÙISG, -AN, s. m. An external cover-
ing, a rind, skin, or liusk ; the bark of a
tree ; a fleece of wool.
RÙJ^GACH, -AicHE, arfj. .(Rùsg,) Having
a covering, as a rind, skin or husk ; fleecy ;
;
fleecing, that fleeces, peels or takes off the
covering or husk.
Rl SGADH, -AIDH, s. TO. &x\A pres. part. v.
Rùisg. Peeling, act of peeling, fleecing,
taking off the bark or any covering; dis-
covering, act of discovering, disclosing or
revealing. ' liiisgadh clèibh,' Hoarseness.
RÙSGA1R, -E, -EAN, *. TO. (Rù^g and
Fear,) A strong clumsy fellovv. Provin.
Rl SG AIREACHD, s.f. Clumsy strength.
Provin.
RÙSGAN, -AiN, -AN, s. VI. dim. of Rùsg.
Any little or thin covering as a rind or
husk; a little fleece ; a circular liish made
of roots, used to measure meal, &c. ; a boat
made of bark.
RrSLADH, -AIDH, s. m, and pres. part. p.
Rùsal. A searching, act of searching or
ovtriurning things in searching; a scrap-
ing, act of scraping or scratching.
RUSTAN, -AIN, -AN, s. m, A lump ; a
hillock.
RÙTA, -A, -AN,
ram ; a ridgling.
and -aichean, s. m. A
RÙTAN, -AiN, -AN, 5. in. dim. of Rùta.
A little ram or ridgling ; the horn of a
roe-buf;k.
RÙTACHD, ind. (Rùta,) Rutting.
RUTH A, -ACHAN, s. TO. See Rudha.
RUTHACH, -AICHE, adj. See Rudhach.
KUTHADH, -AIDH, -EAN, s. to. See Rughadh.
RUTHARACH, -aiche, adj. Quarrelsome.
RUTHARACHD, s. f. ind. Quarrelsomeness.
S, s, the fifteenth letter of the Gaelic alphabet,
named ' Sail '
' or Suil,' the willow-
tree. It has two sounds, the first like sh
in sheet, when it is preceded or followed by
e dt i, whether immediately or with a
lingual intervening, as ' bris,' break ; 'sir,'
' seeic ; fkisg,' ' squeeze ; sion,' a blast. In
every other situation it sounds like « in
salt, sail, sack, &c. But when immediate-
ly followed by h, there is only an a-spirated
articulation, as ' ' A shiiil,' pron. A hùil,'
his eye. S/i, when followed by either of
the liquids /, n, are nearly quiescent, hav-
ing only a sliyht aspirated sound, as,