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Sir, -idh, -sh, v. a. 1. Seek, search : explora, in-
vestiga, perscruta. 2. Seek, ask, request: pete,
" Na sireadh e nighean Mhorain."
S. D. 147.
Tell Duaran to depart ; let him not ask the daugh-
ter of Moran. Die Duarano discedere ; ne petat
filiam Morani.
SiREACUD s. f. hid. et pres. part. V. Sir. Gill. 78.
Vide Sireadh.
&\K^A.T)H, -iTiH, s. m. et pres. ]Mrt. V. Sir. 1. Search-
ing, act of searching : explorandi, perscrutandi
actus. C. S. 2. Seeking, act of seeking, request-
ing, demanding : petendi, quaerendi actus. C. S.
sIri'st 1 '^^"^' ^■■f- ^ '^^""■'■y '■ «^e''-''*"^- ^- ^^
SiRiSTEACH, -EicHE, cuJj. (Sirist). 1. Abounding in
cherries : cerasis frequens. C. S. 2. Like a cherry :
ceraso similis. C. S.
SitEAG, -EiG, -AN, s.f. A dung-hill : sterquilinium.
A. M'D. 182.
SÌTH, -E, -EAN, jt. Til. 1. A hill, or mount : collis,
mons. C. S. 2. A prefix in many names of hills :
nominibus montium sa:pe praefigitur " Sith." C. S.
SÌTH, -E, -EAN, s. m. et /. A fairy: lamia. Llh.
" Leannan-sith." Lehh. six. 31. A famihar sphit :
python.
SÌTH, -E, s.f. 1. Peace : pax.
" Bu chosmhuil e 'n sith i\ gathaibh greine,
" 'S am boile chatha, ri teine speuran."
S. D. 340.
Like was he in peace to the sun-beams, and in the
rage of battle to lightning. Fuit similis in pace
radiis soils, et in furore certaminis fulmini, lit. ig-
ni coelorum. 2. Quietness, tranquillity : tranquil-
Utas. C. S. 3. Reconciliation : conciliatio. C. S.
Scot. Sithe. Jam. Germ. Sippe. Wacht. Gr. ^i-
■yrj, silentium.
SiTH, -E, -EAN, s. m. A stride, a long and quick
pace : passus, gressus, gressus sparsus et agilis. C.
S.
SÌTH-AiGNEAcn, -EICHE, adj. (Sith, et Aigneadh),
Peaceable, conciliatory : pacificus. C. S.
SÌTH-BHREITHEAMH, -EIMH, -AN, S. m. (Sith, et
Breitheamh), A justice of the peace : judex qui-
dam, pacis curator. 3Iacf. V.
SiTH-BHRISTEACH, -ICH, -ICHEAN, S. ill. (Sith, et
Brist), A rebel: rebellis. OB. et C.S.
.SÌTH-BHRUGH, I -A, -AN, s. 7)1. (Sith, et Brugh), A
SÌTH-BHRUTH, / Fairy-hill, or mansion : lamiarum
habitatio. OR. et C. S.
SÌTHCHE, -E, -EAN, s. m. C. S. Vide Sithich.
SÌTHCHEAN, pi. of Sìthich, q. vide.
SiTHEACH, -EICHE, arf/. (Sith), 1. Making long and
quick strides, or paces : passibus sparsis et celeri-
bus incedens. C S. 2. Rushing impetuously,
making a violent assault : velocitate irruens, impe-
tum vehementem faciens. C.S.
SÌTHEACHADH, -AiDH, s. ill. et pres. part. V. Sithich.
Pacifying, act of pacifying : placandi, sedandi ac-
tus. C. S.
SiTiiEADH, -iDii, -EAN, s. m. Force, impetuosity, a
violent attack, or onset : vis, aggressio, vehemens
impetus. Salm. xxii. 13.
SÌTHEALACHD, S.f. hid. (Sìtheil() Peacefulness :
concordia. C. S.
SÌTHEAN, -EiN, -AN, s. m. ]. A httlc hill, a knoll :
colliculus. C. S. 2. A green knoll, or hill in
which fairies are supposed to reside : colliculus vi-
ridis quam lamiae incolunt. Macf. V. et C. S.
SÌTHEANACH, -AicnE, «f^'. (Sìtheau), Abounding in
little hills, or knolls : colliculis frequens. C. S.
SiTiiEiL, -B, adj. (Sith), Peaceful, tranquil, silent:
tranquillus. C.S.
SÌTiiicH, -iDH, SH, V. a. (Sith), Pacify, reconcile,
quiet : pacifica, concilia, seda. C. S.
SiTHicHTE, pret. part. V. Sithich. Pacified, reconcil-
ed, quieted: conciliatus, pacificatus, sedatus. C. S.
SiTHiGNN, -INN, et -iTHNE, S.f. Venison : caro feri-
na.
" Ceud a' cosgairt na sithinn gu luath,
" Chiteadh ceo mu 'n cuairt is fleagh."
Finff. Ì. 511.
A hundred (men) cutting up the venison quickly ;
smoke and feasting might be seen around. Cen-
tum caedentes ferinam celeriter ; visa essent vapor
circacircum et convivium.
SiTHioNNACH, -AiCHE. odj. (Sitliionn). 1. Abound-
ing in venison : ferinà abundans. C. S. 2. Like
venison : ferinae similis. C. S.
SÌTH-MHAOR, -AoiR, -AN, s. 111. (Sith, et Maor). 1.
A herald, pursuivant : praeco. C. S. 2. A con-
stable : irenarcha, constabularius. 3Iacf. V.
SiTiiNE, gen. of Sithionn, or Sitheann, q. vide.
SÌTH-SHAIMH, -E, «. / (Sith, et Tàmh), Peace,
peacefulness, quiet, tranquillity: otium, tranquillitas.
" An sUh-sìiàimh luidhidh mi faraon."
Salm. iv. 8.
In tranquiUity I will also lie down. Cum tranquil-
litate recubabo etiam.
SÌTH-SHAiMHEACH, -EICHE, odj. (Sìth-shàimli), Tran-
quil, peaceful : tranquillus, otiosus. C. S.
SiTiG, -E, -EAN, s.f. A rafter, or stick laid across
that part of a kiln on which corn is kiln-dried: su-
des in cam partem fornacis, supra quam exsiccatur
frumentum. C. S.
SiTINN, -E, -EAN, S.f. C. S. Id. q. Sitig.
SiTiR, -E, S.f. The neighing of a horse : hinnitus.
C. S. An obstreperous laugh : cachinnatio. C. S.
SiTiREACH, ) -EICHE, w^'. (Sitir), Ncighing : hinni-
SiTREACii, J tum edens. C. S.
SiTiRiCH, \ s.f. hid. A neighing : hinnitus. " Roimh
SiTRicH, J «Vnc/t 'eachameamnach chriothnaicham
fearann uile." lerem. viii. 16. At the sound of the
neighing of (his) high-spirited horses, the whole
land trembled. Apud strepitum hinnitus (ejus) e-
quorum robustorum contreraescit terra tota.
SlUBHAIL, -BHLAIDH, SH, V. a. et 11. 1. Go, mOVC,
walk : i, progredere, proficiscere.
" Siubhlaidh sinn le 'n anam do 'n àraich,
" 'S thig crith 'n ar làth'r air na treun-fliir."
S. D. 86
We will accompany their souls](soul) to the field of
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