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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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sùlair, the gannet; from Norse súla, súlan, the gannet, whence Eng. solan-goose.
sulchar, cheerful, affable; side-form of suilbhir?
sult, fat, fatness, joy, Ir. sult, E. Ir. sult: *sultu-, root svel; Ag. S. swellan, Eng. swell; Lat. salum, sea; Gr. σάλος, tossing.
sumag, cloth below a pack-saddle; ultimately from L. Lat. sauma, pack-saddle, whence Fr. sommier, mattress, Eng. sumpter.
sumaich, give the due number (as of cattle for pasture); from Sc. soum.
sumaid, a billow, Ir. sumaid (O'R. and M'L., sùmaid); seemingly from Eng. summit. The G. also means "external senses" (H.S.D.).
sumain, summon, a summons; from the Eng.
sumainn, a surge, billow; see sumaid.
sumair, the drone of a bagpipe:
sùmhail, close-packed, tidy; opposite of dòmhail, q.v.
sunais, lovage - a plant, Ir. sunais; also siunas:
sunnd, sunnt, good humour, cheerfulness, Ir. sonntach, merry (O'Cl., O'B.), sonnda, bold, súntaidh, active, E. Ir. suntich, (O'Cl., O'B.), sonnda, bold, súntaidh, active, E. Ir. suntich, spirited: *sondeto-, Eng. sound?
sunnag, an easy-chair of twisted straw:
supail, supple (M'A.); from the Eng.
sùrd, alacrity, cheerfulness; cf. W. chwardd, laughter, Corn. wherzin, ridere; root sver, sing, speak; Eng. swear, Lat. susurrus, whisper, etc. M. Ir. sord, bright (*surdo-), is referred by Stokes to the same origin as Lat. serenus.
surrag, vent of a kiln; cf. sòrn.
surram-suain, a sound sleep; surram, snoring noise as of one asleep:
susbaint, substance, Ir. substaint; from Lat. substantia.
sùsdal, a bustling, pother, affected shyness:
suth, anything (Dial.), Ir., E. Ir. suth, weather; root su, produce, E. Ir. suth, milk; Gr. ὕει, it rains; as in sùgh, q.v. Further allied is root su, beget, O. Ir. suth, offspring, Eng. sun.
suthainn, eternal, Ir. suthain, O. Ir. suthain, suthin; from su, so- and tan, time, q.v.; sú-tan-ìs (Stokes see).
T
ta, tha, is, Ir. tá, E. Ir. tá, is, táim, I am, O. Ir. táu, tó, sum, tá, táa, est, especially attáa (at the beginning of a sentence), est (= ad-tât, Lat. adsto) and itá, itáa, "in which is": *tâjô, *tâjet, root stâ, stand; Lat. stô, stat, stand, Fr. été, having been; Ch. Sl. stoją, I stand; further Eng. stand, Gr. ἵστημι (for σί-στᾱμι), set, Lat. sisto. See seas further.
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