, m., the spleen; seabhóg, f., id.

, -e, f., a wandering or strolling.

, -sighe, a., strolling, excursive.

, -mhla, a., hawk-like, falcon-like, fierce; applied to the eyes by Fer.

, -a, f., likeness to a hawk.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a young hawk; the caul of a hawk; a place where a hawk is kept.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a fowler, a falconer.

, -a, f., the act of hawking, fowling.

, -e, pl. -idhe and -eacha, f., an error; nonsense, folly.

, -digh, -dighe, m., a straying, wandering, or foolish person.

, -dighe, a., wandering, foolish; discursive.

, -a, f., a straying, wandering; tendency to go astray.

, -deadh, v. intr., I wander, I err; I stray, I ramble.

, -aighe, a., hearty, lively, sprightly, vigorous; tá sé go seabhrach, he is hearty and vigorous. This word is still used in Kerry. P. O'C. gives the meanings here given, which correspond to the spoken use; P. O'C. quotes giolla seabhrach sothaimh saor, 7c. O'Br. (whom O'R. follows) gives the meaning as "certain, sure, true," quoting beart is í go seabhrach, an action that was certain; but this meaning does not correspond to the living use of the word; of a hale old man we say, tá sé go seabhrach, he is vigorous; it is opposed to foirbhthe.

, -áin, m., the reeling or stunning caused by a blow (Con.).

, beyond, beside, side by side with, by, apart; past (ad.), farther than, rather than, before, in preference to, in comparison with, aside, else, otherwise, moreover, forward, onward; fá seach, by itself, separately, individually, by turns, respectively; seach a chéile, (any one) more than another; in phr. imthighthe seach geal le fán an tsaoghail, wandering aimless in life; in M. sp. l., seach is: is maith í an fhaoidhne seach is bheith ag troid, patience is good in comparison to being contentious.

, g. id., m., a turn; the quantity taken at a time; seach tobac, a smoke of a pipe, i.e. the quantity smoked at a time.

, prep. prn., 3 pl., aside, beside them.

, ad., away, aside, astray.

, -aidh, pl. id., m., tradition, a delivering; a present. an offering; f. Nodlag, a Xmas present; s. láimhe, a tip.

, prep. pr., 2 pl., beside you (pl.) (rare).

, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., any object severely affected by frost; a frost-bitten potato, etc.; a person suffering severely from cold.

, -chadadh, v. tr., I hand to (do) a person, deliver, present, bestow.

, -cadh, v. tr. and intr., I wither, cause to wither, fade, decay, freeze, scorch, dry, parch.

, -int, v. tr., I avoid, shun. See <<seachnaim>>.

, prep. pr., 1pl., beside us (rare).

, -chanta, f., act of shunning; separation; avoiding, refusal; defence.

, -tighe, a., dismal, ominous; to be shunned; undesirable; allegorical (O'N.).

, prep. pr., 1s., beside me (rare).

, -mhla, a., frosty, frozen, ice-like.

, -amhla, a., surpassing, exceeding.

, -a, f., act or state of surpassing or exceeding.

, -a, f., frostiness.

, -áin, pl. id., m., hoar frost, light frost.

, -a, f., freezing.

, the space of seven years (O'N.).

, m., the bird called field-fare.

, indec. p. a., dried, parched, hard, frosty.

, indec. a., to be shunned, avoided; unlucky, ominous.

, -aighe, a., straying, wandering, avoiding. See seachainteach.

, -a, f., hardness, as of frost; frostiness; state of being parched.

, -a, f., a shunning, avoiding.

, prep. prn., 2 ., beside thee (rare).

See seacanta.

See <<seacantacht>>.

, -bhaidh, -bhaidhe, m., a heifer.

, f., an allegory.

, -tighe, a., allegorical.

, m., the folding, shutting, or closing of doors (seach-dhruid, id.).

, m., hay; rye.

, f., a bye-name, a nickname; a bye-title; a calling aside or apart.

, vl. -ghairm, v. tr., I call aside or apart.

, -bhartha, f., byespeech; allegory.

, a., allegorical; apt to speak aside or apart.

, -bhairt, v. intr., I allegorize.

, g. id., m., a lying or stretching apart.

, -uighe, v. intr., I lie or stretch apart.

, ad., besides.

, -chmall, v. tr., I forget.

, -aill, m., neglect; forgetfulness, digression, partiality, waywardness.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a wanderer, a strayer; seacmhallach strae, a vagrant (E. M.).

, -aighe, a., careless, neglectful, oblivious, forgetful (of, fá), partial.

, indec. p. a., forgotten; forgetful.

, -a, f., oblivion, forgetfulness.

, -mhairbhe, a., quite dead; dead and cold.

, m., the next in degree to an abbot (P. O'C.).

(seachnadhach)

, -naighe, a., avoiding, shunning, escaping; as subs. an evader, an escaper.

, -chanta, m., act of avoiding, evading, passing by, shunning, fleeing from; being on one's guard against.

, -nadh and -chaint, v. tr., I avoid, shun, pass by, evade, reject, abstain from, flee, am on my guard against; seachain tú féin (the stress is not laid on the monosyllables), mind yourself, look out, be on your guard; seachain an droch-dhuine, beware of an evil person; seachain an leanbh ar an dteinidh, keep the child from the fire.

, pr., throughout (with yen.).

, -raighe, a., dirty, filthy.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a winter-nosed person; a frostbitten potato (W. Ker.).

, -aidh, m., dirt, filth.

, -a, f., filth, dirt.

, -adh, v. tr., I soil, pollute, stain.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the act of wandering, straying; error, delusion, deception; ar seachrán, astray, straying, wandering; duine sé nó seachráin, an odd (occasional) person (Con.).; an entanglement, a puzzle; an s. srianach, the chain puzzle; tá s. ort, you are astray, on the wrong road. See séad.

, -aighe, a., straying, full of error, wrong, wandering, erring.

, -a, f., a tendency to go astray, error.

, -chrán, v. intr., I err, wander, stray.

, p. ., gone astray, fallen into error.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a wanderer, a rover.

, m., a bye-road, a lane.

, indec. num. (eclipsing), seven.

, ad. and prep., without, before, beyond.

, seven (of persons or personified objects); móir-sheisear (M. and Con.).

, indec. num., seventeen.

, indec. a., sevenfold (seacht-dhúbalta, id.).

, -nighe, a., of seven steps or rungs (as a ladder).

, num., seventy, whence seachtmhadadh, seventieth.

, indec. num. a., seventh.

, indec. num. a., seventeenth; an seachtmhadh lá déag, the seventeenth day.

, -e, pl. id. and -idhe, f., a week, seven days; seachtmhain an Luaithreamháin, Ember Week; seachtmhain na hAthchuinge, Rogation Week; ó'n tseachtmhain go chéile, from week to week; ó sh. go chéile, id. (Con.).

, f., September.

, seachtmhoghad, num., seventy.

, indec. num. a., seventieth.

, -aighe, a., extreme, external, outside (seachtraidhe, id.).

, seven stars (Ursa Major).

, -aighe, a., heptagonal.

, -uighthe, m., the act of drying, withering, parching, freezing.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I wither, cause to wither, fade, decay, freeze, scorch, dry, parch.

, p. a., withered, dried up, parched, shrivelled, decayed.

, -eide, f., used in Con. somet. like nead, a nest; cf. ubh sheide, a nest-egg; cf. also seadachan, which see.

, a louse, a parasitical animal, a sort of worm; cf. giolla na sead nó giolla na sceartán; dim. seadán, id.

, m., attention, care, esteem, respect (for i); gan seadh gan suim i saoghaltacht, without care or concern for worldly things.

= is eadh, it is, yes; 'seadh anois, well now, see that now; 'seadh anois, is dóigh, dear me! really! how very good! 'seadh, 'seadh, interj. of satisfaction, very good, well done, "hear, hear."

, -ain, pl. id., m., a nestling, a preparation for a nest; said of geese when making a nest preparatory to laying.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a dolt; a silly, mean, insignificant fellow; a warrior (N. Con.).

, -a, f., silliness, meanness, insignificance.

, -ail, m., a short time: a loitering (sealad, O'N.).

, -mhla, a., courteous.

See <<sead>>, a louse, etc.

, -áin, m., a buzz, wheeze, or hum; asthma or shortness of breath; sean-sheadán, an old asthma (Vel. Ms., quoted by P. O'C.).

, -aighe, a., noisy, talkative.

, g. seidhge, f., sciatica or hip gout; hence a swelling or bloating (P. O'C.).

, -aire, a., attentive (to, re).

, -ála, f., senseless talk or prattle; s. cainnte = cainnt gan chiall (Don.).

, -ughadh, v. intr., I remain; sheaduigh sé 's an áit, he remained or settled in the place (Don.).

, -e, -idhe, f., a heifer; somet. sealfaid.

, -dighe, a., heifer-like.

, -ail, m., a fan (also seafnal).

, -nadh, v. tr. and intr., I blow, I breathe, I fan.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I blow, breathe, fan. See seafnaim.

See <<seabhóid>>, <<seabhóideach>>.

See <<seabhóid>>, <<seabhóideach>>.

See <<seadh>>.

, m., a hawk; whence seaghdha, hawk-like, bold, dauntless; seaghach, id. Hence seaghóireacht, 7c.

, m., a saw.

, -aighe, a., hawk-like, brave, courageous.

, -aidh, -adha, m., a cormorant; fig., a lean, lank person (Ker.).

, -adh, v. tr., I saw, cut with a saw.

, f., a deer-stalker (O'R.).

, -e, a., beautiful, comely (O'R.); tender, slender (Mon.).

, g. seaghsa and -aise, f., pleasure, joy, delight; gheobha tú s. ann, you will find it pleasant, it will be pleasing to you (Mon.); agus oighridhe an Fheadha gan s. faoi líog d'ar gcomhair, and the heirs of the Fews without joy under (the) flag near us (Art MacC.); Corr-shliabh na seaghsa, the pleasant(?) Curlew Mountains (T. O'Carolan). It is a close synonym of sult (M.). The medial gh is fully pronounced (shegh-ish).

, -ail, m., rye.

, m., a bird called "blackhead" (also Donnchadh an chaipín).

, m., a kind of long sea-weed.

, indec. a., stately.

, -ais, pl. id., m., a wood.

, indec. a., hawk-like; resolute, dauntless, brave.

, indec. a., stately, majestic, courteous; learned, scientific.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an old man. See saothghlan.

, -ála, f., act of sawing.

See <<seadhmhar>>.

, -a, pl. id. and -ta, m., time, duration, moment, a while, course or space of time, interval of time; once; for a time; awhile; a portion (e.g. of one's life); at one time .... at another; seal geárr, a short time; seal má, used in U. and N. Con. for sul, before; feal an mhuilinn, a turn of the mill; mo sheal 'san saoghal, my span of life.

used of persons, níl ionnta acht seala gan mhaith, they are a useless lot.

, -aid, m., a while, a space of time, a long while, time, a moment; for a time; often pron. sealaid.

, -lta, m., the act of cutting down, hewing, felling.

, -aighe, a., alternate, periodical, transitory.

, -a, f., vicissitude, alternate change; acting by turns.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little withe; a halter, a rope used for execution, a hangman's rope.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a hangman, an executioner; a villain; a meagre man or beast.

, indec. a., rigid, rigorous.

, -a, f., rigour, rigidity; strangling.

, g. seilbhe, pl. sealbha, f., a herd, a flock, a drove; a field; land (these things considered as property).

, g. seilbhe and sealbhan (Ker.), pl. sealbha, f., possession; one's right, portion; inheritance; colour or pretence; tá sé ar a shealbh, he is pretending (O'N.); in sp. l., nom. seilbh.

, -aighe, a., possessive, possessing.

, -ais, m., possession, enjoyment.

, -bhtha, m., act of possessing or enjoying.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., owner, possessor, proprietor, occupant.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a herd, drove, flock of small cattle; a multitude.

, f., a long visit (O'N.).

, -óige, f., sorrel; sealbhóg fiodha, wood sorrel.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an owner, a possessor, proprietor, occupant.

-uighthe, m., the act of obtaining, possession, owning, taking possession.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., an owner.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I possess, I inherit, I own.

, p. a., possessed; grounded, confirmed; táim sealbhuighthe air, I am certain of it (M.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., owner, possessor, proprietor, occupant.

, g. seilge and sealga, pl. sealga, f., a hunt, a chase; hunting; also fowling; what is killed in hunting or fowling. See <<seilg>>.

, -eilge, f., the milt or spleen in man or beast; a stomach-ache. See seabhag.

, -aighe, a., belonging to hunting; fond of hunting.

, -gtha, m., kneeling, or bending the knee (O'R.).

, vl. sealgaireacht, v. tr., I hunt, I fowl.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a hunter, a huntsman, a fowler, a sportsman.

, -a, f., the act of hunting, fowling; business of a huntsman or fowler.

, m., a hunting pole.

, m., the herb stonewort (O'C.).

, -aidh, m., a sight, a view, a prospect; a cell (O'R.).

, -ladh, v. tr. and intr., I see, I behold, I look at.

, -e, f., inspection (from seallaim, I see), sealtuir, -e, -idhe, f. (?), a sword, a knife (from seallaim, I cut).

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., one that takes a turn about at work, etc.

, g. -a, pl. -anna and -a, m., a small nail, a rivet (seamán id.).

, -e, f., a straw, a blade of grass (seamhad, id.).

, g. id., pl. -didhe, f., a blade of grass (Aran); somet. seimide.

, indec. (?), f., substance; used esp. of hay that has lost its substance; níl s. ar bith ann, also níl súgh ná seamhair ann (Don.); cf. <<seabhrach>>.

, g. seimre, pl. seamra, f., trefoil, clover, honeysuckle; seamar bhán, white clover (trifolium repens); seamar dhearg, red-flowered clover; seamar chapaill, purple trefoil, broad clover (trifolium pratense); seamar bó, cow clover; seamar choille, wood sorrel; seamar chré,male speedwell (veronica officinalis); seamar Mhuire, female pimpernel, yellow wood loose-strife (anagallis foemina).

, -ais, m., good luck.

, -aighe, a., lucky, fortunate.

, -mhla, a., fortunate.

, -ais, m., the shambles; dirt, filth, nastiness (P. O'C.).

, -usca, m., something worthless, applied to liquids such as tea, whiskey, etc., when of an inferior quality (Don.).

, -óige, -óga, f., the shamrock; trefoil, clover; a bunch of green grass; an herb that brings luck to the bearer; seamróigín, id.

, g. id., pl. -anna, m., a nail, a peg, a rivet.

, -a, f., act of nailing, rivetting.

, -adh, v. intr., I nail, peg, rivet.

, -aighe, a., quick, immediate (O'N.).

, -óige, -óga, f., wood sorrel (oxalis acetosella); seamsán, id.

, -óige, -óga f., a small nail, a peg, a rivet (seamsán id.).

, m., an old person, an ancestor, an ancient; idir óg 7 sean, both young and old (people); with neg., ar sean ná óg, (neither) on young nor old.

, fine, a., old, aged, ancient; it precedes the noun, as sean-bhean, an old woman; it frequently induces a new meaning when used as a prefix, implying good, oft-repeated, perfected, long-continued, and may be prefixed to nouns or participles; sean-aithne, knowledge of old, thorough knowledge; an bhfuil aithne agat air? tá, mhaise, sean-aithne, do you know him? do, indeed, know him of old, I know him quite well; sean-eolas, thorough acquaintance; sean-tathaighe, constant practice; tá sé léighte 7 sean-léighte agam, I have read it and re-read it frequently; tá sé seana-dhéanta anois agat, you have done it thoroughly now, you have done and re-done it: an bhfuil an t-uisce beirighthe? tá, agus sean-bheirighthe, is the water boiled? it is and over-boiled, it is boiled long since, or, in Anglo-Irish, it is and seana-bhoiled; sean is also used as prefix in a sense much resembling the use of "old" in English; cf. an seana-thart, our old friend, thirst; often expressing merely contempt; dún do sean-bhéal, shut your mouth.

, -aighe, a., wily, cunning, crafty.

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a synod, a senate.

, m., the act of growing old (obs.).

, -aid, pl. id., m., a senate; seanaid, id.

, m., parliament house.

, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., an antiquary (O'N.).

, f., a decree or law of the senate.

, -sire, -seara, f., old time, old days; 's an tsean-aimsir, in the old times (often signifying the previous generation).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one that fowls or catches birds with nets.

, -a, f., bird-catching with nets.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a wasp

, f., old age.

, m., a grandfather; an ancestor; an elder; a senator.

, m., an old village; an old city; a capital; a permanent abode; often a place-name, with art., shanbally.

, -e, -sidhe, f., an old garment.

, f., an old woman.

, -a, f., anility.

, m., a musty taste; contempt; tá sean-bhlas aige ort, he has contempt for you; cf. níl aon bhlas anois aige ort, he does not care for you now at all; genly.

See <<blas>>.

, m., a musty or stale smell.

, f., an old shoe; ag déanamh sean-bhróg de, treating it as an old story.

, m., venison or game (taken in nets) boiled, or rather the hot broth thereof (P. O'C.).

, g. id., m., a historian. See seanchuidhe.

, -chais, pl. id. and -a, m., history, registry, genealogy; antiquity, pedigree, ancient law, knowledge of any kind; an ancient tale or story; act of story-telling, conversing, gossiping; ag s. le chéile, gossiping with one another; the act of inquiring (after one's state of health, condition, etc.); ag seanchas air, inquiring about him (Der.); s. bréige, a lying story, a false pedigree; éigse is suadha an tseanchais, the poets and learned men who deal in matters of history or genealogy (E. R.).

, m., an old token or mark, an old sign or monument.

, m., an old covenant, along-standing agreement.

, m., an old path.

, a., prudent, wise, intelligent (esp. of the young); críonna is not used in this sense in M., though it is elsewhere; in M. críonna means old. sean-chríonna, prudent, prematurely sensible or wise, old-fashioned (of children); sean-chríonta, id. (Don.).

, f., great subtlety, cuteness, commonsense, precocity.

, m., a withered body, a wasted form.

, g. id., pl. -chuidhthe, m., a historian, an antiquary.

, f., an old remembrance, the memory of ancient days, a reminiscence, a tradition.

, indec. a., old, aged, ancient, antique.

, -a, f., antiquity, old age.

, -a, f., state of being old or ancient.

, f., an ancient oak.

, m., an old world.

, m., an ancient druid, a druid such as lived in the old times; used in modern folktales simply in the sense of draoi; I never heard draoi in the popular tales, but always sean-draoi (pron. seann-draoi), fig., a wizened or precocious child.

, g. id., pl. -daoine, m., an old person, an old man; sean-fhear is used in contempt in parts of M., while seanduine is the ordinary word for an old man, sean-bhean for an old woman; in Don. sean-duine, an old person, has pl. sean-daoinidhe, while in the sense of old man seanduine is pron. seannuine, with pl. seanduinidhe (pron. seannuinidhe).

, m., an old garment; old clothes.

(pron. seanafach), -aighe. -acha (pl. also -aigh), f., a three-year-old cow (also seanphoc).

, m., an old man (often in M. it implies contempt); an old-fashioned child. See <<seanduine>>

, f., the ancient Fenians..

, m., a proverb, an old saw, an old saying; sean-fhocal é, it is an old saying (said when a proverb is quoted by one's self or another), tá an s. air, id.

, -aighe, a., proverbial.

, f., an old crew, an old race or tribe; pl. sean-fhóirne, aborigines, old inhabitants.

, -a, a., thin, slender, lean; graceful, slender-waisted; subtile.

, m., a graceful body or figure.

, m., a graceful shape or body.

, -a, f., slenderness, leanness, gracefulness.

, -gtha, m., a growing thin or slender, a wasting; act of making thin or wasting; ar seangadh 'san dún soin dam, mo theannadh ó shoin níor féadadh, since I grew thin in that stronghold, I have not since been able to get stout (Bard Ruadh).

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I diminish, I squeeze, I make slender; I waste, grow thin.

, m., one of the old English settlers in Ireland.

, -mhla, a., wise, provident, like the ant.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an ant; a pismire; fig. a worthless' weak fellow; siogán id. (Con.); cf. dar udhacht an tsiogáin, by the ant's will.

, m., a slender buck.

, m., a race-horse (N. Con.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., and intr., I make slender, I become slender.

, m., old leaven.

, -aighe, a., melodious.

, f., a grandmother, a female ancestor.

, f., a sermon; seanmóin is the word in M. See <<seanmóir>> and <<searmóin>>.

, -óra, pl. -óiridhe and -óracha, f., a sermon, a preaching.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, ., a preacher; in M. seanmóntuidhe, pl. -dhthe.

, -reacht, v. tr. and intr., I preach, proclaim (also seanmóinim, -neacht).

, -aighe, a., preacher-like, eloquent.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a a player of musical instruments, such as pipes, etc.; the chanter of the bag-pipes; pron. seamsúr (N. Con.).

, f., an old enemy.

, m., an old custom.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a senior, an old person, an old man, an elder; an old druid, a bard.

, -a, f., old age, seniority (also seanórdhacht).

, indec. a., senior-like, aged.

, -ráidh, -ráidhte, m., a proverb, an old saw, an old saying.

, m., old form or fashion.

, m., an old story, a folktale.

, -aighe, a., archaeological.

, -a, f., archaeology.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., an archaeologist, relater of stories of the olden time.

, m., an old vessel, an old barrel; fig., a slovenly person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a very old tree (Don.).

(seana-stoc)

, m., an ancient race or stock.

, m. and f., old land; fallow land.

(seana-thart)

, ancient thirst; an seana-thart, the old thirst, thirst, that old friend of ours (E. R.).

, f., the Old Testament.

, m., an old author.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., an antiquary, a senator, a member of parliament.

, f., an old offence; old villainy.

, -aibh, m., a seraph.

(searbhadóir)

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a towel.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a piece of string tied round the knees to bind the trousers when one is labouring; a string tied on the sinews above the hough on cattle to prevent their wandering (Don.).

, -eirbhe, a., bitter, sour, disagreeable; grievous, severe; tired of, sated with (with de); ag éirghe searbh de, becoming disgusted with; searbh is opposed to milis.

, -ais, m., bitterness, sourness, severity.

, -áin, pl. id., m., any bitter grievance, as rack-rent, heavy, taxes, etc.

, -áin, m., oats, oat-corn; dandelion.

, m., endive, succoury; somet. also dandelion.

, -ais, m., bitterness, severity, sourness; contempt, disgust; pron. searús in M.

, f., a sour berry.

, g. id., m., a servant.

, m., a shrill or harsh voice.

, -óige, -óga, f., a. bitter drink.

, m., a bitter stream.

(searbhaim)

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I embitter, I make bitter, I become bitter.

, g. seirce, seirc and searca (poet.), pl. searca, m. and f., love, affliction, fondness; wooing; saoghada searca, arrows of love (E. R.); céad-shearc, dearest or first love. searc is more a poetical or ornamental word than grádh; it is also more peculiar to sexual love; grádh is an every-day word; searc is used in exclamations like mo shearc thú, and in poetry.

, -aighe, a., beloved, loving.

, -adh, v. tr., I love.

, -mhla, a., affectionate, loving, amiable.

, m., charity, universal love.

, m., intense love.

, f., a loving or tender maiden (E. R.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a sweet-heart.

, -nighe, a., venerable.

, a., love-envious, exciting envious love.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a lover, a gallant.

, -a, f., wooing, courting (O'N.).

(searcaim)

, -cadh, v. tr., I love; I am in love with (better grádhuighim).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a swan (also searpán).

, g. seirge, f., decay; dryness; consumption; state of being withered (nom. also seirg).

, -eirge, a., withered, dry, shrivelled.

, -gtha, m., act of withering, drying up, shrivelling, blasting, scorching.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I wither, wither away, dry up, languish; dry, shrivel, blast; become dry or withered, grow languid.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a shrivelled or dried fruit, etc.; a person that is dried up or withered (seargánach, id.).

, -aighe, a., dried up, withered; as subs., a shrivelled person or thing, a consumptive person.

, p. a., withered, dried up, shrivelled, blasted.

, -aighe, a., causing dryness; causing to wither or fade.

, -a, f., dryness, want of sap or juice, state of being withered or shrivelled.

, -óna, -ónta, f., a sermon, a lecture; an exhortation. See seanmóin.

, -adh, v. intr., I loose, untie, unbind, scatter (obs), whence searnadh, searnaire, searnta, 7c.

, the timid and nighty young of all things that follow the dam, as a foal, a child at the mother's heels, etc. (P. O'C.).

, -a, -aidhe, m., a stretching of the limbs, a distending or blowing of a ball, etc.; ag baint searra as féin, stretching his limbs, distending his muscles.

, -aigh m., a foal, a colt.

, -aighe, a., flighty, timid.

, -mhla, a., foal-like, like a filly; flighty, timid.

, -rtha, m., act of stretching the limbs, act of extending the limbs as in yawning; act of blowing or distending a ball, etc.; searraigreacht, id. (Mayo).

(comann searraigh)

, m., the herb foal favourite or foal's bit; pilewort is improperly called comann or comann searraigh (P. O'C.).

, -adh, v. tr., I mow, reap, cut; slaughter.

, -adh, v. tr., I distend, I stretch my limbs to ease myself, I stretch the limbs as in loud yawning; said of persons or animals, tá sé d'á shearradh féin, he is stretching his limbs to ease himself (a sign of convalescence); I blow or distend, as an india rubber ball, etc. (also searnaim).

, -óige, -óga, f., a bottle: a fish of a brownish colour with little claws at both sides of the mouth.

, f., a squinting eye; as adj. squint-eyed.

, -lighe, a., squint-eyed.

, -a, f., state of being squint-eyed.

(searradh)

, -uighthe, m., the act of stretching the limbs, yawning, act of distending a bladder, etc.

, g. id., m., a race, a charge; a short run (Con., = charge?); in M., séirse, s. reatha, a run, a charge.

, -a, pl. id., m., a seat, a bench; a board for stepping into or out of a boat, or for sitting on in a boat; a pile of sheaves arranged for threshing: a bench made in a hayrick by cutting away some of the hay; nom. also somet. seis.

, -ais, m., a cessation, a truce; a sitting.

See <<seasuighim>>.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a fan.

, -aigh, m., a fan-maker (O'N.).

, g. -aimh and -sta, m., act of treading, standing, rising up, remaining erect; tolerating;demeanour, bearing; defence, footing; endurance, stability, resistance; im' sheasamh, while I stand erect; d'éirigh sé 'n-a sheasamh, he rose to his feet; táim imthighthe as mo sheasamh, I am wasted away to nothing; déan é sin as do sheasamh, do that at once, before you sit down; seasamh le duine, to support one, help one on; seasamh le leanbh, to act as sponsor to a child at Baptism (s. faoi l., Don.); ní fhéadfam seasamh, we shall be unable to hold out; thuit sé as a sheasamh, he fainted or fell dead from a standing position, "he fell out of his standing."

See <<seasmhach>>.

, -eisce, a., barren, fruitless, sterile, as a cow that has neither calf nor yields milk, or as a well that runs dry; the word is applied to a cow, etc., not yet arrived at the prolific stage: ba seasca, dry cows; seasc, in the sense of barren, is applied to males as well as females, and to human beings in poet., cf. a shagairt nach seasc a chaithis baois t'óige (McD.); seasc is also applied to a nut without a kernel, an egg without fecundation, a net drawn empty, a hand at cards without a trick, etc.

, -aighe, -acha, f., a barren cow, etc.

, -a, f., barrenness, sterility; a herd of barren cattle.

, indec. num., sixty.

, indec. num. a., sixtieth.

, -a, f., barrenness.

, -e, a., comfortable, easy, at ease, quiet, sheltered, cosy, calm, dry and warm, snug, pleasant.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a snug comfortable man, a bachelor.

, -a, f., convenience, comfort, ease, warmth, quietude, cosiness, snugness; also state or condition of a bachelor.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a shock or handful of gleaned corn; gleaned land.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a bird with a red speck on its breast (Der.).

, -aigh pl. m., m., a bachelor; one who is barren (seascán, id.).

, p. a., barren.

, -aighe, a., firm., steadfast, faithful, standing, established, durable, fixed, constant, resolute. binding, persevering, valid, staid, lasting, reliable.

, -a, f., durableness, steadfastness, fixedness, firmness, constancy, trustworthiness.

, vl. seasmhadh, v. tr., I uphold, I support.

, vl. seas and seasamh, pf. and imper. seas, also seasaimh (M., also found in Kea.), v. tr. and intr., I stand, raise up, bear with, tolerate, uphold, maintain; I endure, last; I become sponsor to (le); an fhaid sheasóchaidh sé, fóirfidh sé, while it lasts it will give relief; ní sheasóchainn, muna mbeadh tú, were it not for you I could not hold on.

, -óige, -óga, f., marjoram.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., shift, plan, contrivance, a providing; nom. also seibht, seift; múineann gábhadh seift, necessity is the mother of invention (A.).

, -mhla, a., skilful in planning, of many contrivances.

, -a, f., foresight, frugality, contrivance.

, -iughadh, v. tr. and intr., I eke out, I shift; slighe mhaireachtála do sheibhtiughadh, to eke out a livelihood (Con.).

, g. id., pl. -eanna, m., a cheque, a money-order; seicín. id. (A.).

, -úra, -úiridhe, m., a ghost, a phantom, a skeleton-like person.

, -úra, -úiridhe, m., an executor.

, -cil, pl. id., m., a hackle, a flax-comb.

, -cne, -cnidhe, f., the peritoneum, the membrane that covers the bowels; the membrane that wraps the brain (O'N.); the skull or brain pan (P. O'C.); maidhm seicne, a rupture, hernia.

, -eadh, v. tr., I hackle.

, -nighe, f., a disease of the intestines.

, -e, -eacha, f., a secret, a mystery.

, -dighe, a., private, secret, mysterious.

, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a spiritless person; also seifid (Con.). seafaide (N. Con.).

, indec. a., spirited, cheerful, contented W. M.);

, -áin, m., hurricane, tempest, lightning.

, g. -bhe, pl. sealbha, possession, inheritance. See sealbh; seilbh not sealbh is the usual nom. now; an bhfuighead seilbh? are you going to give me possession? (said by a landlord or bailiff in asking formal possession of a tenant).

, -oige, -oga, f., a snail.

, g. id., pl. -didhe, f., a snail (seilcheog, id.). See seilmide.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, f., a spit, spittle.

, -lighe, a., spitting, salivous, mucous.

, m., a handkerchief, a napkin (seil-éadán, id.).

, -éara, -ridhe, m., a cellar.

, g. -e and -ealga, pl. -ealga, f., act of hunting; a chase, a hunt; seilg is the more usual nom. now. See sealg.

, g. id., pl. -giridhe, m., a hunter, a huntsman.

, f., liver complaint (Mayo).

, -e, f., the spleen. See sealg.

(seilim)

, vl. -iughadh, and seileadh, v. tr. and intr., I spit.

See <<silín>>.

-ighthe, m., act of shedding saliva, spitting.

, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a snail.

, -e, f., the act of shedding (tears); dropping, drivelling, salivation.

(also seimide)

, a beetle or mallet (P. O'C.).

, m. See seamaide.

, -éir, pl. id., m., a chimney, a vent.

, -mhne, -mhneacha, f., a black-headed bog-rush.

, g. id., pl. -éithe, m., a chimney.

, for sean- before a slender vowel, old.

, f., an old rag.

, m., original sin (Kea.).

, 7c. See <<sean-chríonna>>.

, -a, f., old age.

, m., an old clout, a worthless rag.

, g. seanma, m., the act of playing music; singing, warbling; ringing (of a bell); minstrelsy; lucht seanma, musicians; g. also seinme.

, m., old mead.

, m., an old thing.

, vl. seinm, v. tr., I play (music), I sing.

, m., an old, inveterate sin (Kea,.).

, -a, pl. id., m., the old law, the Old Testament.

, g. id., f., the Old Testament.

, -e, -eacha, f., a heel (also seiridh).

, f., a bitter drink.

, g. id., f., bitterness, sourness, moroseness, asperity.

, -a, f. See <<seirbhe>>.

, -e, -idhe, f., service, bondage, a ministering; work, labour; profit, advantage, use. In the last sense it becomes speirbhís in the Rosses and Tory, Co. Don.

, g. -sigh, p. -sighe and -seacha, m., a servant, an assistant, an ally.

, -sighe, a., serviceable, useful, profitable; diligent, industrious.

, v. tr. and intr., I serve.

, contempt, disgust (B.).

, g. id., m., a darling, a beloved.

, g. id., f., sea-anemone; bundún leiche, id. (Con.).

, -righe, a., having heels; well heeled.

, -e, f., a fading away, withering, shrivelling, decaying, consumption; nom. also seirge.

, -naighe, a., lean-ribbed.

, -seadh, v. tr. and intr., I wither, wither away, dry up; I waste, consume. See seargaim.

, f., a withering or wasting away, consumption.

, p. a., withered, dried up.

, -e, f., fine silk.

, -cighe, a., silky (seiriceamhail, id.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a silk-worm.

, -e, pl. -idhe and -eacha, f., a belt; a girdle; a rope; s. cnáibe, hemp rope.

, -e, -idhe, f., tumult, noise, bustle; is fada ó sheisibh daoine agus ó chonghair an phobail é, he is far from the tumult of men and the bustle of congregations (O'Br., P. O'C., etc.). See <<séis>>.

, -e, f., a coarse grass or sedge that grows in a marsh, widely used for making grass ropes or súgáin.

(= seasc)

, dry, barren; is feárr dul i gceist 'na dul seisc, it is better to be asked in marriage than to be childless (Con. prov.).

, -cighe, a., sedgy, abounding in bog reeds.

, -a, f., dryness, barrenness, sterility (seisce, id.).

, -aigh m., coarse sedgy grass (also sioscalach).

, seisceann, g. -inn or -inne, m. or f., a marsh, a fen, a boggy place.

, m., burr-reed, burr-flag, reed grass.

, g. id., f., pleasure delight, solace (P. O'C.); seiseacht, id.

, g. id., pl. -sidhe, m., a comrade, a match, an associate, a companion, a darling.

, num. a., sixth.

, num. a., sixteenth.

, -éil, pl. id., m., a chisel (A.).

, himself, he himself; the form ar, not arsa, of the defective verb ar is used with seisean; ar seisean, said he.

, -sir, m., six persons; mór-sheisear, seven persons.

, -óin, pl. id., m., a session, assizes; ceathramha-sheiseóin, quarter sessions (Ker.); in W. Ker. ceathramha-'sóine.

, -úin, pl. id., m., a session, assizes. See seiseón.

, f., Sextilis Mensis, the month of August.

, -righe, -reacha, f., a plough team of six horses; s. fhearainn, plough-land; seisreach thacair (or acair?), a borrowed plough team (Mon.).

, f., the sixth hour of the day.

, -easta, f., talk, speech, tumult, bustle, clatter. See seis.

, g. id., and -theadh, pl. -thidhe, f., skin, hide; commonly an oxhide, the skin of a sheep being croiceann caorach.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a skinner.

, -thmhe, f., rest, quiet, tranquility (Kea.).

, -righe, -reacha, f., the act of braying, neighing, sneezing; ag seitrigh, neighing in a subdued manner.

, -righe, a., strong, stout (seithir, id.).

, -a, f., strength, stoutness, firmness.

, -reach, v. tr., I neigh, bray, sneeze.

(so)

, this; this place, here; this time; here is; seo, here! seo dhuit, here is ... for you; seo chughainn, next, before us; an Bhealtaine seo chughainn, next May; seo chughainn Tomás, Thomas is approaching; an áit seo, this place; go dtí seo, up to this present time; a leithéid seo, just this, something of this kind; ag seo freagra Thomáis, the following is Thomas's reply; é seo, this one of whom we were speaking, the important person; 7 seo iad ag gabháil ar a chéile, and then they began beating one another; seo libh, come along, begin, "here goes"; mar seo, thus, also at the present time; mar seo 'sa bhfóghmhar, just in the autumn; mar s., this way! (direction).

, -igh, m., a show; a great number, a great quantity; tá seó airgid aige, he has a lot of money; bhí seó daoine ann, there was a multitude of people there, quite a show of people; táim im' sheó, I am in a frightful state, I am quite a show, is mé an seó bóthair, id.; fear seoigh, a showman, also an excellent man (M.). In B. táim im' sheó = I am excellent (at doing a thing); tá sain 'na sheó agat, you have that in grand order (ibid.). See <<seoigh>>.

, g. -oid and -oide, pl. id. and -oda, m. and f., a jewel, a precious stone, anything valuable; substance, property. See <<séad>> and <<seoid>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m. a repository or box for jewels; a museum.

(séadcha)

, f., a storehouse, a warehouse, a treasury.

, m., a store-keeper, a treasurer.

, m., a valuable token; a splendid monument; a coin; an attribute.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a jeweller.

, -a, f., the trade of a jeweller.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I adorn or deck with jewels.

, -e, -oda, f., a jewel, a gem. an article of value; a pretty young girl (U.); is breágh an tseoid anam fá ghrása, a soul in grace is a beautiful jewel; seoid aonaigh, a fairing. See <<séad>>.

See <<seoide>>.

, g. id., f., a bit, a morsel, a jot, a tittle; with neg., nothing; níl seoide aige, he has nothing; níl seoide ort, you have no complaint, you are quite well; ní raibh seoide air, he had nothing on, he was perfectly naked (M., used only with neg.); nom. also seoid.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a jeweller (O'N.).

, -a, f., polishing jewels (O'N.).

, a., strange, wonderful, excellent (from seó, which see); ba sheoigh an obair í, it was a wonderful work; tá sé go seoigh, it is very good, or he is very well (M.); tá sé ag fearthainn go seoigh, it is raining terribly; táid siad ag aibiughadh go seoigh, they are ripening wonderfully (said of crops).

, f. sail-power.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a shoneen; one who apes English manners, fashions, etc.

, -oil, -olta, m., a sail, a loom; a method of doing a thing; direction, guidance; s. tosaigh, fore-sail; s. mór, main-sail; s. deiridh, mizen; ar seol = in motion, esp. in graceful motion, as a ship sailing; ar lán an tseoil, in full sail, full swing; lán-tseoil, id.

, -oil, pl. id., m., a weaver's loom.

, g. seoil and siuil, pl. id., m., a bed; child-bed; i n-a leabaidh siuil, lying-in (O'N.).

, -lta, m., the act of sailing, steering, directing, guiding, conducting, teaching, instructing; a sailing; the first or "leading" pair of lines of a quatrain in dán díreach, or Irish syllabic metre (the last pair are called the comhad); address (of a letter) (recent); act of driving or leading (as cattle).

, -lta, m., act of lying in bed; bean sheolta, a woman in labour; gan neart mná seolta, without even the strength of a woman in labour (prop, after childbirth).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a pilot, a steersman; a director, a conductor.

, -a, f., pilotage, steering, act of directing or conducting.

, -ladh, v. tr., I sail, send, steer, drive, lead, direct, conduct, guide, point out, teach, expound, instruct, declare; I sail into land; in pass., I am directed to a place, I reach a place; sheol sé tír, he landed.

, -áin, m., sorrow (Der.).

, m., a goad; a staff, a club.

, m., the sail of a ship or boat.

, f., a ship's sail.

, m., a mast.

, m., a guiding, accompanying voice.

, p. a., steered, conveyed, conducted; despatched, directed; spruce, neat, trim; educated, gentle; taught, instructed; seolta ar, skilled at.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a guide, a director.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a room, a chamber.

, -aighe, a., of many mansions; having roomy houses.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a chamberlain.

, -a, f., the office of chamberlain.

, m., pl., ornate, descriptive, roundabout passages in story-telling, e.g. bhí an láir bhán ag dul ar scáth na capóige 's an chapóg ag teicheadh uaithe, 7c.; do chailleas na seoraidhe, I lost the descriptive passages (of the story); is maith an sás s. a chur leis tú, you are well able to add descriptions to it; ambages, a long or tedious way of telling a tale; cuir uait na seoraidhe, come to the point (M.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a rustling noise, buzzing, hissing.