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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
siar, westward, aside, Ir. siar, O. Ir. síar; from s-iar, see iar, west, and s- under suas.
siaranachadh, languishing, siarachd, melancholy (Dial.); from siar, "going backwards"?
siasnadh, wasting, dwining (Suth.):
siatag, rheumatism; from Lat. sciatica.
sibh, you, ye, Ir. sibh, O. Ir. sib, si, W. chwi, O. W. hui, Cor. why, Br. c'houi: *sves, for s-ves (Brug.; Stokes has *svês); Gr. σφῶï, you two, Got. izvis (iz-vis); the ves is allied to Lat. vos. The form sibh is for *svi-svi.
sic, the prominence of the belly (H.S.D.), peritoneum (M'A.):
sicear, particle, grain (Carm.):
sicir, wise, steady; from Sc. sicker, M. Eng. siker, from Lat. securus, now Eng. sure. W. sicr is from M. Eng.
sìd, weather, peasceful weather after storm, tide: *sizdi-, "settling", root sed, sit? Ir. has síde in the sense of "blast", from séid. Also tìd, which suggests borrowing from N. tíð, tide, time, Eng. tide.
sil, drop, distil, Ir. silim, perf. siblais, stillavit, Br. sila, passez: *sviliô. Stokes gives the root as stil, Lat. stillo, drop, Gr. στίλη (do.). Hence silt, a drop. Cf. Eng. spill; *spild, destroy, spoil.
sile, spittle, saliva, Ir. seile, O. Ir. saile, W. haliw, Br. hal, halo: *salivâ (Stokes); Lat. saliva. Stokes says that they appear to be borrowed from Lat., while Wharton thinks the Lat. is borrowed from Gaulish.
sìliche, a lean, pithless creature: "seedy", from sìol?
simid, a mallet, beetle, Ir. siomaide:
similear, a chimney, Ir. seimileur, simnear, simne; from Eng., Sc. chimley, Eng. chimney.
simleag, a silly woman; from the next word.
simplidh, simple, Ir. simplidhe, silly, simple; from Lat. simplex, whence Eng. simple, W. syml.
sin, that, Ir., O. Ir. sin, O. W. hinn, W. hyn, hwn, hon, Corn. hen, hon (fem.), Br. hen, Gaul. sosin (= so-sin); from root so (sjo), as in -sa, so, q.v.
sìn, stretch, Ir., O. Ir. sínim: *sêno-, root sê, mittere, let go; Lat. sino, situs; Gr. ἱημι, send. Cf. sìr (from *sêro-, long). Allied is root sêi, sei, si, mittere, Norse síðr, long, seinn, slow, Lit. seinyti, reach.
sine, a teat, Ir., E. Ir. sine, triphne, tree-teated: *svenio- for *spenio-, root spen of Lit. spėnýs, udder teat, O.Pruss. spenis, teat, Norse speni, teat, Du. speen, udder, Sc. spain, wean.
sineubhar, gin, juniper tree (Suth.); Fr. geniêvre.
