ListOfCommonNouns_S

singular ||~ gender ||~ nominative plural ||~ genitive singular ||~ meaning ||~ keywords ||~ notes ||
 * ~ nominative
 * //**sabaidiche**// ||= M || //sabaidichean// || //sabaidiche// || a fighter || person, -iche || 1. Derived from: //sabaidich// (to fight); ||
 * //**sabhal**// ||= M || //sabhalan//, //saibhlean// || //sabhail// || a barn || building || 1. Borrowed from Latin 'stabulum'; ||
 * //**sagart**// ||= M || //sagairt//, //sagartan// || //sagairt// || a priest ||  || 1. //àrd-shagart// (a high priest); ||
 * //**saighdear**// ||= M || //saighdearan// || //saighdeir// || a soldier || person ||  ||
 * //** sàilleabh **// ||= ? || - || - || - ||  || 1. // air sàilleabh/sàillibh/sàilleibh + GEN // - because of, on account of; 2. // Dh'fhàs e ainmeil air a shaillibh. // (He became famous on the strength of it - RM); ||
 * //**salann**// ||= M ||  ||   || salt ||   ||   ||
 * //**samhradh**// ||= M || //samhraidhean// || //samhraidh// || a summer || season, time || 1. //feasgar samhraidh a bha seo// (one summer's evening); 2.// an samhradh fìor thioram a tha air a bhith air a' chosda an iar // (the very dry summer that the west coast has had); ||
 * //** sanas **// ||= M || // sanasan // || // sanais // || an advertisement, notice, warning || -as || 1. See also: // sanasaich // (to advertise); // sanasaireachd //(f, advertising); 2. // Thèid sanasan telebhisein Gàidhlig a chraoladh. // (Gaelic TV adverts will be broadcast - BBC); ||
 * //** sanasaireachd **// ||= F ||  || // sanasaireachd // || advertising || -achd || 1. Derived form: // sanas // (m, an advert); 2. See also: // sanasaich // (to advertise); ||
 * **//saoghal//** ||= M || //saoghail//, //saoghalan// || //saoghail// || a world, a lifetime ||  || 1. //bi saoghal fada aig ...// (to have a long life); ||
 * //**sàsar**// ||=  || //sàsaran// ||   || a saucer ||   ||   ||
 * //** sàth **// ||= M || - || // sàith // || fill, satiety ||  || 1. // Dh'ith iad an sàth. // (They ate their fill.); ||
 * **//seachdain//** ||= F || //seachdainean// || // seachdaine // || a week ||  || 1. //air an t-seachdain seo// (this week); //an t-seachdain sa chaidh// (last week); //an-ath-sheachdain// (next week); 2. From Old Gaelic //sechtmain//, genitive singular //sechtmaine// ; 3. //air an deireadh sheachdain// (at the weekend); 4 . // Bha sinn air falbh airson an deireadh sheachdain. // (We were away for the weekend.); 5. // aig deireadh na seachdaine // (at the end of last week); ||
 * **// sealbh //** ||= M || // sealbhan // || // seilbh // || possession, property ||  || 1. // gabh sealbh air ... // (to take possession of); ||
 * //** sealgair **// ||= M || // sealgairean // || // sealgair // || a hunter, a predator || person, -air || 1. Derived from: // sealg // (to hunt); 2. See also: // sealgaireachd // (f, hunting); ||
 * //** sealgaireachd **// ||= F ||  || // sealgaireachd // || hunting ||   || 1. Derived from: // sealgair // (m, a hunter), // sealg // (to hunt); ||
 * //**sealladh**// ||= M ||  ||   || sight ||   || 1. Derived from //seall// (to look/show); 2. //cuir ... a-mach à sealladh// (to put sth out of sight); 3. //bi às an t-sealladh// (to be out of sight); //bi às mo shealladh// (to be out of my sight); 4. //rach à sealladh//, //rach às an t-sealladh// (to disappear, vanish); ||
 * //**seanair**// ||= M ||  ||   || a grandfather ||   || 1. // mo sheanair agus mo sheanmhair air taobh mo mhàthar // (my maternal grandparents); 2. See also: // seanmhair // (f, a grandmother); 3. Derived from: // seann athair //(old father); 4. // Is e iasgair a bha 'nam sheanair. // (My grandfather was a fisherman.); ||
 * **// seanailear //** ||= M || // seanailearan // || // seanaileir // || a general (in army) || person || 1. // an Seanailear Wade // 'General Wade'; ||
 * //**seanmhair**// ||= F ||  ||   || a grandmother ||   || 1. See also: // seanair // (m, a grandfather); 2. Derived from: // seann mhàthair // (old mother); 3. // mo sheanair agus mo sheanmhair air taobh mo mhàthar // (my maternal grandparents); // Is e seinneadair a tha 'nam sheanmhair. // (My grandmother is a singer.); ||
 * **//searmon//** ||= M || //searmonan// || //searmoin// || a sermon ||  ||   ||
 * //**searmonaiche**// ||= M ||  ||   || a preacher ||   || 1. Derived from: // searmonaich // (to preach); ||
 * //** sèimhe **// ||= F ||  || // sèimhe // || gentleness, tranquility ||   || 1. Derived from: // sèimh // (calm); 2. See also: // sèirmhich // (to calm); ||
 * //**seinneadair**// ||= M || //seinneadairean// || // seinneadair // || a singer ||  || 1. Derived from: // seinn //(to sing); 2. // Is e seinneadair a tha 'nam sheanmhair. // (My grandmother is a singer.); ||
 * //**seirbheis**// ||= F || //seirbheisean// ||  || a service (church) ||   ||   ||
 * //** seòladair **// ||= M || // seòladairean // || // seòladair // || a sailor ||  || 1. Derived from: // seòl // (to sail); 2. cf. // maraiche // (m, a mariner); 3. // speur-sheòladair // (m, an aeronaut); ||
 * //**seòmar**// ||= M || //seòmraichean// ||  || a room, chamber, apartment ||   || 1. // Seòmar nan Crùn // 'the Room of the Crowns'; ||
 * **//seòrsa//** ||= M || //seòrsaichean// ||  || a type ||   || 1. // Dè an seòrsa a tha ann? // (What kind is it?); // cathair leathair eile, dhen dearbh sheòrsa ’s a fhuair sinn an latha roimhe // 'another leather chair, of the same kind as the one we found the day before' - RM; ||
 * //**seud**// ||= M || //seudan//, //seòid// || //seòid// || a gem, jewel ||  || 1. //seudan// (jewellery); 2. Pronounced with [e:]; 3. Alternative spellings: //seòd// , //siad// ; 4. //bùth sheudan// (a jewellery shop); 4. cf. // fàinne // (m/f, a ring), // grìogag // (f, a bead), // bann-làimhe // (m, a bracelet); ||
 * //**seun**// ||= M || //seunan//, //seuntan// || //seuna// || a charm, spell ||  || 1. //bi an seun aig ...// (to have the power of charms); ||
 * **//sgadan//** ||= M || //sgadain// || //sgadain// || a herring || fish ||  ||
 * //** sgàile **// ||= F || // sgàilean //, // sgàileachan // || // sgàile //, // sgàileach // || shade ||  || 1. Often found as: // sgàil //; 2. // Chuala mi rìbhinn òg 's i deurach, a' seinn fo sgàil nan geugan uaine. // (I heard a tearful young maiden singing beneath the shade of the green branches - Julie Fowlis); // Bha e 'na shuidhe fo sgàil craoibhe mhóire. // (He was sitting under the shade of a large tree - CM); ||
 * //** sgalag **// ||= F || // sgalagan // || // sgalaige // || a drudge, servant, flunkey || person -ag ||  ||
 * //**sgeama**// ||= M || //sgeamaichean// ||  || a scheme ||   ||   ||
 * //**sgeilp**// ||= F || //sgeilpichean// ||  || a shelf || furniture-item ||   ||
 * //** sgeir **// ||= F || // sgeirean // || // sgeire // || a reef, skerry, submerged rock ||  ||   ||
 * **//sgeul//** ||= M || //sgeòil//, // sgeulan // || // sgeòil // || a story, a sign, news ||  || ??sgeulachd?? ??stòiridh?? 1. //Cha robh sgeul air a' ghille.// (There was no sign/trace of the boy); 2. See also: // uirsgeul // (m, a fable); ||
 * //**sgeulachd**// ||= F || //sgeulachdan// ||  || a story || -achd || 1. //seann sgeulachd// (an old story); ??sgeul?? ??stòiridh?? ||
 * //**sgian**// ||= F || //sgeinean// || sgithinn (dat sg) || a knife || tool ||  ||
 * //** sgiath **// ||= F || // sgiathan // || // sgèithe // || a wing; a shield ||  || 1.// Sgiath MhicShimidh agus Thulaich Bhardainn // 'the Lovat & Tullibardine shield' (main prize for Gaelic choirs at the Roral National Mod); ||
 * //** sgil **// ||= M || // sgilean // ||  || an aptitude, attainment, skill ||   || 1. sgilean labhairt (conversational skills); ||
 * //**sgillinn**// ||= F || //sgillinnean// ||  || a penny ||   ||   ||
 * //** sgimilear **// ||= M || // sgimilearan // || // sgimileir // || a scrounger, parasite; a mean person who steals out of pots; an instrument for skimming liquid out of the top of pots || -er, person || 1. See also: // sgimilearach // 'brazen', // sgimilearachd // (f) 'scrounging'; ||
 * **// sgimilearachd //** ||= F || - || // sgimilearachd // || scrounging, impudence, intrusion, obtrusiveness; the habit of visiting other people at mealtimes || -achd || 1. Derived from: // sgimilear // (m) 'a scrounger'; 2. See also: // sgimilearach // 'brazen'; ||
 * //**sgioba**// ||= F? || //sgioban// ||  || a team, crew ||   || 1. //sgioba bho Shabhal Mór Ostaig// (a team from Sabhal Mór Ostaig); ||
 * //**sgìre**// ||= F || //sgìrean// ||  || an area (geographical) ||   || 1. //fear às an sgìre// (a man from the area); ||
 * //**sgìths**// ||= M ||  ||   || tiredness || -as || 1. Derived from: // sgìth // (tired); ||
 * **//sgoil//** ||= F || //sgoiltean// || //sgoile// || a school || building || 1. //anns an sgoil// (at school); // Tha mi air a' chóigeamh bliadhna anns an sgoil. //(I am in fifth year/grade at school.); // Tha mi a' dèanamh Gàidhlig anns an sgoil. // (I am doing Gaelic at school.); 2. //bunsgoil// (primary school); //àrdsgoil// (high school); 3. See also: // sgoilear // (m, a scholar); 4. // sgoil-chòmhnaidh // (f, a boarding school); // sgoil-choitcheann // (f, a comprehensive school); // sgoil-àraich // (f, a playschool); // sgoil-altraim // (f, a nursery school); 5. Borrowed from Latin 'schola'; ||
 * //**sgoilear**// ||= M || //sgoilearan// ||  || a pupil, a scholar ||   || 1. Derived from: // sgoil // (f, a school); 2. See also: // sgoilearachd // (f, a scholarship); ||
 * //** sgoilearachd **// ||= F || // sgoilearachdan // || // sgoilearachd // || a studentship, scholarship || -achd || 1. Derived from: // sgoilear // (m, a scholar); ||
 * //** sgòth **// ||= F || // sgòthan //, // sgòthachan // || // sgòtha // || a cloud ||  || 1. See also: // sgòthach // (cloudy); ||
 * //**sgrìob**// ||= F || //sgrìoban// ||  || a trip ||   || ?? turas ?? ||
 * //**sgrìobhadair**// ||= M || //sgrìobhadairean// || //sgrìobhadair// || a writer || person || 1. Derived from: //sgrìobh// (to write); 2. See also: //sgrìobhaiche// (m) - a writer; //sgrìobhainn// (f), //sgrìobhan// (m) - a document; ||
 * //**sgrìobhaiche**// ||= M || //sgrìobhaichean// || //sgrìobhaiche// || a writer, a scribe || person || 1. Derived from: //sgrìobh// (to write); 2. See also: //sgrìobhadair// (m) - a writer; //sgrìobhainn// (f), //sgrìobhan// (m) - a document; ||
 * //**sgrìobhainn**// ||= F || //sgrìobhainnean// ||  || a manuscript, document ||   || 1. Derived from: //sgrìobh// (to write); 2. //làmh-sgrìobhainn// (f) - a manuscript; 3. See also: //sgrìobhaiche//, //sgrìobhadair// (m) - a writer; //sgrìobhan// (m) - a document; ||
 * //**sgrìobhan**// ||= M || //sgrìobhanan// || //sgrìobhain// || a document ||  || 1. Derived from: //sgrìobh// (to write); 2. See also: //sgrìobhaiche//, //sgrìobhadair// (m) - a writer; //sgrìobhainn// (f) - a document; 3. //sgrìobhan laghail/oifigeil/pearsanta// (a legal/official/personal document); ||
 * //** sgrùdaiche **// ||= M || // sgrùdaichean // || // sgrùdaiche // || an examiner || person -iche || 1. Derived from: // sgrùd // (to examine); 2. See also: // sgrùdach // (critical); // sgrùdaire // (m, an inspector); ||
 * //** sgrùdaire **// ||= M || // sgrùdairean // || // sgrùdaire // || an inspector, auditor, critic || person -ire || 1. Derived from: // sgrùd // (to examine); 2. See also: // sgrùdach // (critical); // sgrùdaiche // (m, an examiner); ||
 * //**sguab**// ||= F || //sguaban// || //sguaibe// || a sheaf (of corn); a brush, mop, broom ||  || 1. Borrowed from Latin 'scopae'; ||
 * //** sian **// ||= F ||  ||   || a thing ||   || 1. // A bheil sian as ùr? // (Is there anything new?); // Chan eil sian [as ùr]. // (Nothing [new] at all.); 2. cf. // dad // (m, a thing); // càil // (f, a thing); // sìon // (m, a thing); ||
 * //**sìde**// ||= ? ||  ||   || weather ||   || ?? aimsir ?? 1 . // Cha robh feur a' fàs san t-sìde thioram. // (Grass was not growing in the dry weather.); ||
 * //** sinnsear **// (// sinnsir //) ||= M || // sinnsearan //, // sinnsirean // || // sinnsir // (// sinnsre //) || an ancestor, forefather || person, -ar || 1. See also: // sinnsireil // (ancestral); // sinnsearachd // (f, ancestry); ||
 * //** sinnsearachd **//, (// sinnsireachd //) ||= F || - || // sinnsearachd //, (// sinnsireachd //) || ancestry, pedigree || -achd || 1. Derived from: // sinnsear // (m, an ancestor); 2. See also: // sinnsireil //(ancestral); 3. // Bha sinnsireachd Lochlannach aig mòran dhiubh. // (Many of them had Norse ancestry - RM); ||
 * //**sìol**// ||= M || //sìl// ||  || a seed ||   ||   ||
 * //**sìon**// ||= M ||  ||   || a particle, a small bit ||   || 1. Sometimes confused with // sian // (f, a thing) ??; ||
 * //**sionnach**// ||= M || //sionnaich// ||  || a fox || animal ||   ||
 * //** siorram **// ||= M || // siorraman // || // siorraim // || a sheriff || person ||  ||
 * **// sìth //** ||= F || - || // sìthe // || peace ||  || 1. See also: // sìtheil // (peaceful); // sìthich // (to pacify); ||
 * //**sìthiche**// ||= M || //sìthichean// ||  || a fairy ||   ||   ||
 * //**siùcar**// ||= M ||  ||   || sugar ||   ||   ||
 * //**siuga**// ||= M || //siugaichean// ||  || a jug ||   ||   ||
 * //**slàinte**// ||= F || //slàintean// ||  || health ||   || 1. Derived from: // slàn // (healthy); 2. See also: // slànaich // (to heal); // slànaighear //(m, a healer); 3. // cùram-slàinte // (m, healthcare - anglicism?); // Ionad Cùram-slàinte Loch Aillse // (Lochalsh Healthcare Centre); ||
 * //** slànaighear **// ||= M || // slànaighearan // || // slànaigheir // || a healer || person, -ar || 1. Derived from: // slàn // (healthy); // slànaich // (to cure); 2. See also: // slàinte // (f, health); 3. // an Slànaighear // (the Messiah, the Saviour); // Reic sinn ar Slànaighear airson trithead bonn. // (We sold our Saviour for thirty pieces - RM); ||
 * //**slat**// ||= F || //slatan// || //slaite// || a rod, twig, wand; a yard (unit of measure) ||  || 1. //slat-tomhais// (a yardstick, measuring stick, standard, criterion); ||
 * //** slige **// ||= F || // sligean //, // sligeachan // || // slige // || a shell, seashell ||  ||   ||
 * //** slighe **// ||= F || // slighean // || // slighe // || a course, passage, path, road, route ||  || 1. // letheach slighe // (halfway); // Stad i letheach slighe. // (She stopped (walking) halfway.); ||
 * //**sloc**// ||= M || //sluic//, //slocan// || //sluic// || a hollow, pit, crater, cavity ||  || 1. //Chuir iad a' phoit am falach ann an sloc air cùl an locha.// (They hid the pot in a hollow behind the loch); 2. // An Sloc // 'Slochd Summit' (a mountain pass on the A9); ||
 * //** sloinntear **// ||= M || // sloinntearan // || // sloinnteir // || a genealogist || -ar || 1. Derived from: // sloinn // (to name); 2. See also: // sloinntearachd // (f, genealogy); ||
 * //** sloinntearachd **// ||= F || - || // sloinntearachd // || genealogy || -achd || 1. Derived from: // sloinntear // (m, a genealogist); ||
 * ** //sluagh// ** ||= M || // slòigh // || //sluaigh// || people, population; a crowd ||  || 1. //an sluagh// - the people, the population; 2. //sluagh mòr// (a large crowd); //Bha sluagh mòr an làthair.// (There was a large turnout); 3. // Bha an sluagh air a dhol ro bheag. //(The population had become too small - RM); 4. // an àireamh sluaigh a tha a' bruidhinn na Gàidhlig mar chainnt mhàthaireil // (the number of people who speak Gaelic as a native language - Gairm 58 - 1967); 5. Note irregular nominative/dative plural // slòigh // ; the genitive plural is // slògh // ; ||
 * //**smachd**// ||= M ||  || //smachd// || authority, control, coercion ||   || 1. //smachd air ...// (control over sb/sth); 2. //bi smachd aig ... air ...// (sb has control over sb/sth); // Bha smachd aig an Danmhairg air a' chaolas eadar an t-Suain agus an Danmhairg. // (Denmark controlled the narrows between Sweden and Denmark - RM); 3. //gabh smachd air ...// (to gain control of sb); e.g. //Ghabh na Sasannach smachd air an h-Albannach.// (The English gained control over the Scots); 4. See also: //smachdaich// (to control); //smachdail// (dominant, repressive); //cumhachd// (?) - power; 5. // fo smachd + GEN // (under the command of); // Bha na h-Albannaich fo smachd a' Mhorair Seòras Mac na Ceàrdaich. // (The Scots were under the command of Lord George Sinclair - RM); ||
 * //**smaoin**// ||= F || //smaointean// || //smaoine// || a thought, a notion, a sentiment ||  || 1. //smaoin inntinneach// - an interesting thought; 2. Alternative form: //smuain// . ||
 * //**sneachd**// ||= M || //sneachdannan// || // sneachda // || snow ||  || 1. // bodach sneachda // (m, a snowman); // crann sneachda // (m, a snow plough); // ball sneachda // (m, a snowball); // muc shneachda // (f, a monster snowball); // bleideag sneachda // (f, a snowflake); // clàdan sneachda // (m, a snowflake); // cuileag sneachda // (f, a snowflake); // fras sneachda // (f, a snow shower); 2.// fliuchshneachd // (m, sleet); // clachshneachd // (m, hail); // crannshneachd // (m, dry snow); 3. // cuir sneachd // (to snow); // a' cur an t-sneachda // (snowing); ||
 * //** sochair **// ||= F || // sochairean // || // sochaire // || advantage, benefit, privilege ||  || 1. Derived from: // so- // (-able) + // car // (a turn); cf. // dochair // (f, harm); ||
 * //**sodal**// ||= M ||  || //sodail// || adulation, flattery ||   || 1. //dèan sodal// (to fawn, flatter sb); 2. See also: //sodalach// (sycophantic), //sodalachd// (snobbery), //sodalaiche// (sycophant); ||
 * //**sodalachd**// ||= F ||  ||   || snobbery, sycophancy || -achd || 1. Derived from: //sodalach// (sycophantic); ||
 * //**sodalaiche**// ||= M || //sodalaichean// ||  || a sycophant, flatterer || person || 1. Derived from: //sodalach// (sycophantic); ||
 * //**soilleireachd**// ||= F ||  ||   || brightness, clarity, intelligibility, lucidity || -achd || 1. Derived from: //soilleir// (clear); ||
 * //**soitheach**// ||= ? || //soithichean// || //soithich// || a vessel (ship or dish) || vehicle || 1. // Rinn mi na soithichean. // (I did the dishes, the washing up.); 2. Masculine when meaning 'dish' and feminine when meaning 'ship'?; 3. // speur-shoitheach // (f, a spaceship); ||
 * //**solas**// ||= M || //solais// ||  || light, a light/lamp || -as || 1. //Las i solas.// (She lit a lamp); ||
 * //**son**// ||= M ||  ||   || cause, account ||   || 1. //air son + GEN// - for sb, on sb's behalf; //Fhuair e pàirt dhen òr air a shon.// (He got/acquired a portion of the gold for him, on his behalf); // Bha sinn air falbh air son an deireadh sheachdain. // (We were away for the weekend.); // Tha sinn an dòchas gu bheil thu air son tighinn. // (We hope that you want to come.); ||
 * //**sonn**// ||= M || //suinn// || //suinn// || a hero, a champion || person ||  ||
 * //**soraidh**// ||= F ||  ||   || farewell ||   || 1. //leig soraidh le ...// - to bid farewell to ...; ||
 * **// sòrn //** ||= M || // sùirn // || // sùirn // || a flue (of an oven or kiln) ||  || 1. // Bha sòrn na h-àtha glè theth. // (The flue of the kiln was very hot.); 2. Borrowed from Latin 'furnus'; ||
 * **//speal//** ||= F || //spealan// ||  || a scythe || tool ||   ||
 * //** speur **// ||= M || // speuran // || // speura // || a sky ||  || 1. // nuair a bha an ialtag anns na speuran // (when the bat was in the skies - Julie Fowlis); 2. See also: // speuradair // (m, an astronaut); // speurair // (m, an astronaut); // speuradaireachd // (f, astrology); 3. // speur-sheòladair // (m, an aeronaut); // speur-shoitheach // (f, a spaceship); 4. See also: // adhar // (m, air, sky, heaven, firmament); // iarmailt // (f, sky, heavens, firmament); ||
 * //** speuradair **// ||= M || // speuradairean // || // speuradair // || an astronaut, cosmonaut; an astrologer; a meteorologist || person -adair || 1. Derived from: // speur // (m, a sky); 2. See also: // speurair // (m, an astronaut); // speuradaireachd // (f, astrology); 3. See also: // reuladair // (m, an astronomer); ||
 * //** speuradaireachd **// ||= F ||  || // speuradaireachd // || astrology; meteorology ||   || 1. Derived from: // speur // (m, a sky); // speuradair // (m, an astronaut); 2. See also: // speurair // (m, an astronaut); 3. See also: // reultaireachd // (f, astronomy); // reul-eòlas // (m, astronomy); ||
 * //** speurair **// ||= M || // speurairean // || // speurair // || an astronaut, spaceman || person -air || 1. Derived from: // speur // (m, a sky); See also: // speuradair // (m, an astronaut); // speuradaireachd // (f, astrology); ||
 * //** spionnadh **// ||= M ||  || // spionnaidh // || energy, force, vigour ||   || 1.// thoir spionnadh do ... // (to give a boost to sth); ||
 * //** spìontag **// ||= F || // spìontagan // || // spìontaige // || a small drop of rain or flake of snow preceding a shower || -ag || 1. See also: // bleideag // (f, a snowflake); // clòimhneag // (f, a snowflake); // clàdan // (m, a snowflake); // cleit(eag) // (f, a snowflake); // lòine(ag) // (f, a snowflake); ||
 * //**sporan**// ||= M || //sporain//, //sporannan// ||  || a purse || -an? ||   ||
 * **//sràid//** ||= F || //sràidean// || // sràide // || a street ||  || 1. // caol-shràid // (f, a lane, i.e. narrow street); ||
 * //**sreath**// ||= M/F || //sreathan// || //sreatha// || a row, line, series ||  || 1. //sreath grìogagan// (a string of beads); ||
 * //** srian **// ||= F || // srèinean //, // srianan //, // sriantan // || // srèine // || a bridle (used to direct a horse), a rein ||  || 1. Borrowed from Latin 'frenum', cf. Spanish 'frenos' (brakes); ||
 * //**sròn**// ||= F || //srònan//, //sròintean// || //sròine// || a nose || bodypart ||  ||
 * //** sruth **// ||= M || // sruthan //, // sruithean // || // srutha //, // sruith // || a current, flow, stream ||  || 1. // sruth-mara // (m, a sea current); ||
 * //**staid**// ||= F || //staidean// || //staide// || a state, condition ||  || 1. //staid na Gàidhlig ann an Lèodhas// (the state of Gaelic in Lewis); 2. cf. //cor// (m) - state, condition, circumstance, e.g. //cor na Gàidhlig// (the state of Gaelic); ||
 * //**staidhre**// ||= F || //staidhrichean// ||  || a staircase ||   ||   ||
 * **//stèisean//** ||= M || //stèiseanan// ||  || a station || building ||   ||
 * //**stìuir**// ||= F || //stiùirean//, //stiùirichean// || //stiùireach// || a rudder, a helm || tool ||  ||
 * //**stiùireadair**// ||= M || //stiùireadairean// ||  || a helmsman, a superintendent,a conductor (of a choir) || person -adair || 1. Derived from: //stiùir// (to direct, steer); ||
 * //**stiùiriche**// ||= M || //stiùirichean// ||  || a director (i.e. senior manager) || person -iche || 1. //Stiùiriche an Fhoghlaim// - the Director of Education; //stiùiriche na sgioba rannsachaidh// (the head of the research team); 2. Derived from: //stiùir// (to direct, steer); ||
 * //** stoc **// ||= M || // stuic // || // stuic // || livestock || animal || 1. // Tha an samhradh fìor thioram air droch bhuaidh a thoirt air cho mòr agus fallain ‘s a tha stoc. // (The very dry summer has had a negative effect on the size and health of livestock.); ||
 * **//stòiridh//** ||= F || //stòiridhean// ||  || a story ||   || ?? sgeulachd?? ??sgeul?? 1. //seann stòiridh mu shìthiche// (an old story about a fairy); //fìor sheann stòiridh à dualchas nan Gàidheal// (a really old story from the heritage of the Gaels); ||
 * //**strianag**// ||= F || //strianagan// || //strianaige// || a stripe || -ag ||  ||
 * //** suaicheantas **// ||= M || // suaicheantasan // || // suaicheantais // || a badge, emblem, ensign, hallmark, insignia || -as || 1. // suaicheantas rìoghail // 'regalia'; // Suaicheantas Rìoghail na h-Alba // 'the Scottish Regalia'; ||
 * //**suidheachan**// ||= M || //suidheachain//, //suidheachanan// ||  || a seat || furniture-item || From: // suidh // (to sit down) ||
 * //**sùil**// ||= F || //sùilean// || //sùla// || an eye || bodypart || 1. // cuir air shùilean/shùilibh // (to suggest); // Tha e a' cur air shùilean dhuinn ... // (he suggests to us); Alternatively: // cuir 'nam shùilean ... //?; 2. // Tha mo shùilean uaine. // (My eyes are green.); 3. See also: // sùilich //(to expect); 4. // Dùin do shùilean agus tionndaidh gu cabhagach trì tursan! // (Close your eyes and turn around quickly three times!); 5. Cognate with: Greek 'helios', Latin 'sol', English 'sun'; ||
 * //**suiteas**// ||= M ||  ||   || sweets ||   || Collective. suiteis? ||
 * //** sùith **// ||= M ||  ||   || soot ||   || 1. // cho dubh ris an t-sùith // (as black as soot); ||
 * //**suitidh**// ||= M ||  ||   || a sweet ||   ||   ||

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