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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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This divorces suaineadh from G. suaicean and sùgan, q.v. Cf. W. hwynyn, hoenyn, a hair from a horse's tail, gin.
suaip, a faint resemblance; from Sc. swaup, swap, cast or lineaments of the countenance, Norse svipr, likeness, look, a swoop or flash.
suaip, exchange, swop; from the Sc. swap, Eng. swop.
suairc, civil, meek, so Ir., E. Ir. suarc(c); opposed to duairc: *su-arci-:
suaiteachan, wagging (tails) (Suth.); from suath?
suanach, a hide, skin, fleece, coarse garment, "plough rein" (Suth.); cf. Ir. sunach, a kind of plaid:
suarach, insignificant, careless, Ir. suarach: *svogro-, root sveg, sug, Ger. schwach, weak, siech, sick, Eng. sick. Cf. Eng. sour, Ger. sauer, *sûra.
suas, up, upwards, Ir. suas, O. Ir. súas: *s-uas, from uas, as in uasal, and the prefix s-, allied to the final s of Lat. abs, ex, Gr. ἔξ, πρός, etc., and the initial s of Lat. sub, super; possibly for *ens, Gr. εἰς, from en, and meaning "into", "to" (Rhys' M. Pray.2 156).
suath, rub, mix, knead, Ir. suathaim, knead, mix, M. Ir. súathaim (do.), E. Ir. suata, polished down, root sout, sut, mix; cf. Eng. seethe, Norse sjóða, cook, seethe, Got. suaths, a burnt offering.
sùbailte, supple; from the Eng.
sùbh, sùbhag (suibheag or sui'eag, Dial.) a raspberry, subh, fruit generally (Arg.), Ir. suibh, a strawberry, sughog, raspberry (Fol.), O. Ir. subi, fragae, W. syfi, strawberry, Br. sivi; a side form to root süg as in sùgh. Cf. Gr. ὕφεαρ, a kind of mistletoe.
subhach, merry, so Ir., E. Ir. subach, O. Ir. sube, joy; opposite of dubhach: *so-bv-io-, "well-being", from root bu, be (see bu, etc.).
subhailc, virtue, Ir. subhailce (súbhailc, Con.), O. Ir. sualig, virtus, sualchi (pl.): *su-alich (Asc., Zim.1 54), root al of altram (Dr Cameron).
suchd, sake, account (M'A.):
sud (Dial. sid), yon, Ir. súd, E. Ir. sút, siut, illud, illic, W. hwnt (h-wnt), other, yonder, Br. hont; from the root of so; sud = s-út (Rhys). Also ud.
sùdh, a seam between the planks of a ship; from Norse súð, a suture (only used for the clinching of a ship's boards), from sýja, sow, Eng. sew, suture.
sùg, sùgradh, mirth, Ir. súgadh, súgradh, E. Ir. sucach:
sùg, suck, imbibe; from Sc. souk, sook, Eng. suck, Ag. S. súcan. See sùgh.
