Síl : (Gaeilge-Irish) pron. “sheel”
1. Think; consider
2. Expect; intend
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Si, Sidh, Sidhe
Sí, sídh, sídhe : (Gaeilge-Irish) pron. “SHEE”
1. Faery mound; hill inhabited by the Fairies or Tuatha dé Danaan
2. Bewitching; enchanting; deceptive; delusive; misguiding
Scriobh
Scríobh : (Gaeilge – Irish) pron. “shkreev”
1. Write
2. Fill in
3. Compose
ag scríobh pron. “uh SHKREEV” = writing
Sass
Sass : To know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; Hence a phrase which has passed into hitch hiking slang, as in “Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is.”
Sasana, Sasanach
Sasana, Sasanach : (Gaeilge-Irish) pron. “SAH-suh-nuh”
1. England, English
Sasanach
1. An English person
2. Protestant
It is also used colloquially as an insult of the highest sort.
Salach
Salach : (Gaeilge – Irish) pron. “suh-LAHK*”
1. Dirty; soiled; stained; unclean
2. Base; sordid; unfair
3. Impure; obscene; scurrilous
4. Disordered
5. (Of land) Weed-infested
6. (Of weather) Wet and windy; drizzly
7. (Of sea) Rough; choppy