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IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED

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VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U

VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS

Saer [sair], a carpenter; seer, teer.

Sagart, a priest; saggart, taggart, teggart.

Saileach [saulagh], a sallow; sillagh, sallagh, sill.

Samhuin [sowen, savin], the first of November; souna, sawna, hawan, haman, haven, hawna.

Scairbh [scarriff], a shallow rugged ford; skarriff, scarry, scarva, scarvy, scarragh.

Scairt [scart], a thicket; scart, scarty. Sceach [skagh], a whitethorn bush; skeagh, skehy, skey,

ske, skeha, skew. Scealp [skalp], a cleft; scalp.

Sceilig [skellig], a rock ; skellig.

Sceir [sker], a sharp rock, plural sceire [skerry]; sker, skerry, skerries.

Scrin [skreen], a shrine; skreen, skryne, skreena.

Seabhac [shouk], a hawk; shoke, shock, touk, tuke.

Sealan [shallan], a hangman's rope, a gallows; shallon, shallan.

Sealg [shallog], hunting; shallog, shellig.

Sean [shan], old; shan, shanna.

Seiseadh [shesha], a sixth part: shesha, sheshia, sheshiv.

Seisreach [shesheragh], a measure of land; sheshera, shesheragh, sistra.

Seiscenn [sheskin], a marsh, a quagmire; sheskin, seskin, teskin.

Sidh [shee], a fairy hill, a fairy; shee.

Sidhean [sheeaun], a fairy hill; sheaun, sheehaun, sheean, shean, sion, shane.

Siol [sheel], seed, descendants; shil, shel.

Sionnach [shinnagh], a fox; shinny, shinnagh, tinny.

Sliabh [sleeve], a mountain; slieve, slie, sle, lieve, lie; and by an eclipse of s, tleva, tlieve, tlea.

Slighe [slee], a road or pass; slee.

Sluagh [sloo], a host; sloe, tloe, tloy, tlowig.

Snamh [snauv], swimming, a swimming ford; snauv, snave, sna, tna, tra.

Sradbhaile [sradvally], street-town, a town with one street; stradbally.

Sraid [sraud], a street; sraud, straid, strade, strad.

Sron [srone], the nose, a nose-like hill; sroan, shrone, stran.

Sruth [sruh], a stream; sruh, srue, srough, strew.

Sruhair [sruher], a stream; shrule, shruel, struell, srool, sroohill.

Sruhan [sruhaun], a stream; sroughan, sruffaun, straffan, truan, trone.

Ster (Danish), a place.

Stuaic [stook], a pointed pinnacle, an out jutting point of rock; stook.

Suidhe [see], a sitting place, a seat; see, se, sea, shi.

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