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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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Eng. snow, Ger. schnee; Lat. nix, nivis; Gr. νίφα (acc.), νίφει, it snows; Lit. sniñga (vb.), snḗgas, snow; Zend. çnizh.
sneadh, a nit, Ir. sneagh, O. Ir. sned, W. nedd, nits, Corn., nedhan, Br. nezenn: *sknidâ; Ag. S. hnitu, Eng. nit, Ger. niss; Gr. κόνιδες, nits.
snicean, a stitch of clothing (Arg.):
snigh, drop, fall in drops, ooze through in drops, Ir. snidhim, E. Ir. snigim, W. di-nëu, effundere, Br. di-nou, melt, thaw, I. E. sneiꬶho-, wet; Skr. snih, snéhati, to be humid. Allied to sneachd.
snìomh, spin, wind, twist, Ir. sníomhaim, M. Ir. snímaire, a spindle. sním, spinning: *snêmu-, root, snê, nê; Gr. νῆμα, yarn. See snàth further. W. has nyddu, nere, Corn. nethe, Br. nezaff. In the sense of "sadness", there is E. Ir. sním, distress, Br. niff, chagrin.
snòd, affix a fishing hook to the line, Manx snooid; from Sc. snood, the hair line to which the hook is attached, a fillet, Ag. S. snód, fillet, Eng. snood.
snodan, rapid motion of a boat.
snodha, snodha gàire, a smile; see snuadh.
snodhach, sap of a tree; root snu, flow, Ir. snuadh, a stream, Gr. νέω, swim, Eng. snot, Norse snúa, turn, Got. sniwan, go.
snoigeas, testiness; from Sc. snog, snag, snarl, flout.
snot, smell, snuff the wind, turn up the nose in smelling; founded on Eng. snout.
snuadh, hue, appearance, beauty, Ir. snuadh, M. Ir. snúad; root snu, flow, as in E. Ir. snuad, hair, head of hair, Ir. snuadh, stream (see snodhach).
so, here, this, Ir. so, E. Ir., P.Ir. seo, so: *sjo- (beside *so, as in -sa, -se), Skr. syá, sá, the, this, Ger. sie, she, they, O. H. G. siu, she (= Skr. syā́, G. sì).
so-, a prefix denoting good quality, Ir. só-, O. Ir. so-, su-, W. hy, Br. he-; Skr. su-, good, Zend. hu-.
sòbhaidh, sò'aidh, turn, prevent, O. Ir. sóim, inf. sood, root sov, discussed under iompaidh.
sobhrach, sòbhrach, (M'L.), primrose, Ir. sobhróg (Fol.), somharcin (O'B.), sóbhrach (O'R.), E. Ir. sobrach, g. sobarche:
soc, forepart of anything, ploughshare, snout, Ir. soc, E. Ir. socc, W. swch (f.), Cor. soch, Br. soc'h, souc'h (m.): *succo-, snout, pig's snout, *sukku-, a pig, W. hwch, Cor. hoch, Br. houc'h (Ag. S. sugu, Eng. sow, Lat. sûs, etc.). So Thurneysen (Rom., 112), who clinches his argument by E. Ir. corr being both "crane" and "beak". Fr. soc, ploughshare, Eng. sock are from Celtic. Stokes suggests the possibility of Celtic being
