Words beginning S
sàbhailt
safe
sàil
heel
saltradh
trample underfoot
samhraidh
gen. And dat. Of samhradh: summer
saoil
think, wonder
saorsainn
freedom; deliverance
saor-thoil
free will
seann
old
sèimh
mild, gentle, soft, kind, smooth
sèimheachd
softness, mildness
seisd
chorus, refrain
seòmair
room, chamber
sgal
howl, cry, shriek, yell
sgeitheas
will put forth, will throw up, will vomit (future relative of sgeith)
sgiath'n
sgiathan: shields (plural of sgiath)
sgiùrsadh
verbal noun from sgiùrs, whip out, drive away
sgòrnan
throat, neck
sguir
cease, desist
sgùrr
peak, pointed hill or mountain
shloinneadh
were named (past passive tense of sloinn)
siar
west
sin
that; there; then
si\near
future passive independent of s\in, stretch
sinn
we, us
si\nnsir
ancestors
sìor
eternal
sìos
down, downwards (away from the speaker)
slàn
x
slòigh
people, race, tribe (gen.sing. of sluagh)
sloinneadh
surname, nickname, apellation
sluaidh
see slòigh (sluaigh is the standard spelling; slòigh is archaic, sluaidh is weird)
sluigeas
will swallow up
smior
strength, power; pith, marrow, the heart or core of something or someone
smuairean
grief, anxiety
smuaintean
thoughts
snaim
knot
sneachda
snow
soills'
soillse: light, ray of light
solus
light
soraidh
farewell
spion
pull up, tear up, take away by violent means
spòg
paw; claw; talon
steach
into
stiùireadh
steering, driving, directing
stiùradh
see stiùreadh
stoc
stock
strì
strife, contention; contest; battle
stri\theil
quarrelsome; hard-working
struthán
little stream; Lewis spelling and pronunciation of sruthán, diminutive of sruth
stuagh
a wave; usually stuadh
suain
rest, peace
suas
(i) up, upwards (away from the speaker); (ii) Westwards
sud
yonder, that
sùilean
eyes (plural of sùil)
suinn
heroes, champions (plural of sonn)
sunnd
joy
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