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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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sàr, excellent, Ir., E. Ir., O. Ir. sár-, W. hoer, positive, stubborn, assertion, Ogmic Netta-sagru, Sgerettos, Sagrammi: *sagro-s, strong, root seg; Gr. ὀχυρός, strong, fast, ἔχω, have; Ger. sieg, victory; Skr. sáhas, might.
sàrdail, a sprat; from the Eng. sardel (Bailey), now sardine.
sàs, straits, restraint, hold, E. Ir. sás, a trap, fixing; from sàth, transfix, q.v.
sàsaich, satisfy, Ir. sásaighim, O. Ir. sásaim; from sàth, q.v.
sàth, plenty, satiety, Ir. sáth, sáith, E. Ir. sáith: *sâti-; Got. sóþ, satiety, Ger. satt (adj.); Lit. sótis; Lat. sat, enough, satur, full, whence Eng. satisfy, etc.
sàth, thrust, transfix, Ir. sáthadh, a thrust, push, M. Ir. sáthud, driving, thrusting, E. Ir. sádim (L.U.), O. Ir. im-sadaim, jacio, W. hodi, shoot; possibly from sô, sê, hurl, as in sìol:
sath, saith, bad (Dial. maith na saith, math na sath), M. Ir. sath (Lecan Glossary), saith, O. Ir. saich (cid saich no maith): *saki-s, root svak, svag, weak, Ger. schwach.
Sathairn, Di-sathairn, Saturday; see under di-.
sè, sèa, sia, six, Ir. sé, O. Ir. sé, W. chwech, Cor. wheh, Br. c'houec'h: sveks; Lat. sex; Gr. ἕξ; Got. saíhs, Eng. six; Skr. shash.
seabh, stray (M'A.): see seabhaid.
seabhag, a hawk, Ir. seabhac, E. Ir. sebac, O. Ir. sebocc, W. hebog, E.W. hebauc; from Ag. S. heafoc, now hawk, Ger. habicht, Norse haukr, root haf, I. E. qap, Lat. capus, hawk, allied to capio.
seabhaid, an error, wandering, Ir. seabhóid, error, folly, wandering: *sibo-, a short form of the root of saobh?
seac, wither, Ir. seacaim, E. Ir. seccaim, secc, siccus, W. sychu to dry, sych, dry, Cron. seygh, Br. sec'h, dry; from Lat. siccus. See further under seasg.
seach, by, past, Ir. seach, O. Ir. sech, ultra, praeter, W. heb, without, Corn. heb, Br. hep, without: *seqos; Lat. secus, otherwise, by, sequor, I follow (Eng. prosecute, etc.); Gr. ἑπομαι, I follow, Skr has sácâ, with, together, Zend haca, out, for. Hence G. and Ir. seachad, past, G. and Ir. seachain, avoid.
seachd, seven, Ir. seachd, O.ir. secht n-, W. saith, Corn. seyth, Br. seiz: *septṇ; Lat. septem; Gr. ἑπτά; Got., O. H. G. siban, Eng. seven; Lit. septyni; Skr. saptá.
seachduin, a week, Ir. seachdmhain, O. Ir. sechtman, Corn. seithum, Br. sizun; from Lat. septimana, from septem.
seachlach, a heifer barren though of age to bear a calf; cf. O. Ir. sechmal, præteritio (= sechm, past, and ell, go, as in tadhal). Ir. seachluighim, lay aside. H.S.D. suggests seach-laogh, "past calf". seach-la, surviving, still spared (Suth.).
