An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

a purpose, design, intention ; love, inclination,
desire ; the mind.
llt'inAc, riamch, s. m. a sweetheart; a. dark,
mysterious, secret ; confident, trusty.
VLunAi-^, runaigh, a. dark, obscmc, mystical.
KtniAije, runaighe, s. m. a confidant, a discreet
person.
Ki'mAipm, runaiglnm, v. I desire, desiderate,
purpose, intend, will, dispose.
IliinAijce, runaiglithe, part, resolved, determined.
1li'inAi|\ni, runairm, s. f. a council chamber.
llt'mbocÁn, riinhhocan, s. m. a pretence, dis-
guise.
1\úncléi]\eAc, runcJileireach, see ]itiinclei]ieAC.
Ixi'inÓA, rundha, a. secret, mysterious.
1lúnt)AC'o, rundliachd, s. f. secrecy.
'llúntjAin^ion, rundaingion, s. a firm resolution.
•Run-oiAtiiAn, rundiamhar, see ]niiiToiAmAj\.
11iínt)iAiíiHAC, rundiamhrach,see l^u1nolAlill^AC.
RUN Hiirli RUTH
Ruii^dt), rurgoil, a. rhubarb.
Ilxif, rus, s. m. the country; the cheek; a. red.
11Ú]-, rus, s. ra. knowledge, skill, science, philosophy;
a wood; the profile or side of the
head ; purple or crimson ; also, a red or scarlet
colour.
1lu]-5, rmg, s. m. the bark of a tree, a husk,
sliell, crust, cod, pod, tegument or covei", rind;
fleece; Wehh, rhysk; a skiimish.
llu^-gAc, rusgach, a. crustaceous, hully.
Uu^-gAT), rusgadh, s. excoriation, clipping.
llufjAt) cbéib, vKsgadh cleibh, s. hoarseness.
Rui'jA-ÓAb, rusgadhal, 1 s. denuding, strip-
UupjAiiiuib, rusgamhi.il, \ ping-
1xU]"5Ann, rtisgmm, v. I strip, undress, gall,
chafe, shave.
Rul'^Aiiii, riisgaim, v. I strike vehemently.
1\.U|-5Á11, rmgan, s. m. a ship made of bark; a
piece of skin peeled off.
11u^-^% russ, s. m. a cheek.
T\.ún-^]\A^'bteo-\\\,rungJimi/jIitlteoir, s. m. a secre- 1\.i.'i-)"CAc, ritftach, s. m. a boor, clown, churl; a.
tary.
clownish, boorish.
HumiA-6, runnadli, 1 • • t
^, \ , ., > s. a division.
IvunncAii, rimntail.)
UúfcACA, rnstaca, a. rude, rustic.
Util-CACAct), rustacachd, s. f rudeness, rusticity.
KimocTDAt), runochdadh, s. discovery, informa- llú^TÁii, rustan, s. m. a lump, hillock.
tion.
Ivnixój, riistog, s. f a bear.
1\únfDAiirceAC, runphairteach, s- m. a partaker 1xuu, ruth, s. m. wages; a chain, a link.
of a secret.
llurA, rtda, s. m. a ram.
IvútipAifcnTi, runphairtim, v. I communicate, IxúcA, r^ita, s. a herd, rout; a tribe of people.
consult, ad\'lse with.
UúnpA|\cui5ce, runphartuighthe, a. commu
IvucA, rutha, s. a hedgehog.
UucA-ó, 7'utliad/i, s. a point of land in the sea, a
nicablo.
foreland.
Kumi, rmut, a. wise, prudent; i. e. 5^10; see 1lúcA]iAc, rutharach, a. quarrelsome, fighting.
quot. at piTTOfo.
tlucJAiT), ruthghaid, s. a link of gads.
REMARKS ON THE LETTER S.
S is the fifteenth letter of the Irish alphabet, and is not ranked by our prammarians in any particular order of the consonants,
but is absolutely called sometimes «miiMt), or barren, and sometimes biinipíogún n* c-cotii-oineA*A, or the queen of the
consonants; because in the composition of Irish verse it will admit of no other consonant to correspond with it ; and our
Irish prosodians are as nice and punctual in the observance of the UAim and comó-p-oújA'o, or union and correspondence, as
the Greeks and Latins are m the collection of their daotyles and spondees. So that if an Irish poet should have transgressed
against the established rule and acceptation of the consonants, he would be exposed to severe reprehension. We
find in the Greek division of the consonants several classes, as mutes, liquids, etc., that the letter 2tyiua, or S, isstvled,
Suai potestatxs lilera, or an absolute and independent letter. In Irish it is called pjib, or f^l, from ^mU the willow tree ;
Lat., sahx. It is to be noted that all Irish words beginning with the letter S, and which are of the feminine gender, must
necessarily admit of an adventitious c before the initial y, when the Irish particle An (which in signification answers to
the English particle the) is prefixed to such words. In which case the c eclipses the f, so that the word is pronounced as
if it had not belonged to it, though i" is always written to show it is the initial radical letter. Thus, the word full, an eye
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