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| sa (san - with vowls) | | in the |
| Sa bhaile | su wollyeh | At home |
| sa dlí | | in law |
| sá | | stick, stab, shove |
| sábh | | saw |
| sábháil | | save |
| sac | | sack |
| sách | | satisfied, enough, sufficiently |
| Sacsan | | genitive plural "of Saxons, of the English" |
| sagart | sogg-orth | priest |
| saghas | | sort, kind |
| sáibhéara | | sawyer |
| saibhir | | rich |
| saighdiúr | | soldier |
| saighneoireacht | | seine-fishing |
| sáil | | heel |
| sáile | | sea-water |
| thar sáile | | overseas, abroad |
| saileach | | a willow |
| sáim | | I thrust,push,plunge |
| saineólaithe | | experts |
| sainnithe | | traped |
| saitilít | | satellite |
| salach | soloch | dirty |
| salachar | | dirt |
| salaigh | | dirty |
| salann | soll-un | salt |
| sall | | over,across |
| sámh | | sound |
| codladh sámh | | a sound sleep |
| codladh go sámh | | to sleep soundly |
| Samhain | | Hollowtide |
| Mí na Samhna | | November |
| samhlaigh | | imagine |
| samhradh | sour-ah | summer |
| sampla | | example |
| san | | that |
| insan | | in the |
| san athbhliain | | in the new year |
| saoire: lá saoire | | holiday |
| ar saoire | | on holiday |
| saoirse | | freedom |
| saol | seel | life |
| os comhair an tsaoil | | publicly, openly |
| saol crua | | (a) hard life |
| saol na tire | | the life of the country |
| déine an tsaoil | | the harshness of life |
| an saol nua-aoiseach | | the life of the world today |
| saor | | cheap/free |
| ligithe saor | | set free |
| a ligint saor | | set free |
| saor cloiche | | stonemason |
| saor ó cháin | | tax-free |
| saolta | | earthly, of this world |
| saoránach | | citizens (see next line) |
| saoránaigh | | (1st pers. plur. masc.) |
| Saorstát Éireann | | the Irish Free State (now the republic) |
| saotha(i)r liteartha | | literary work(s) |
| saothraigh | | earn, achieve (with effort) |
| saothrú | | earning, to earn |
| sara | | before |
| sara fada | | before long |
| sáraím | | I contradict, overcome |
| sáraíocht | | arguing, dispute |
| sásamh | | I satisfy |
| Sasana | soss-anna | England |
| Sasanach | | Englishman |
| sásar | | saucer |
| sáspan | | saucepan |
| sásta | | satisfied/pleased |
| sástaíocht | | satifaction |
| sástacht | | contentment |
| ar a shástacht | | quite content |
| an Satharn | | Saturday |
| scabhléaracht | | scolding, giving out |
| scabhtéara | | scoundrel |
| scadán | skod-awn | herring |
| scairt | | shine |
| scaitheamh | | periods of time, sometimes |
| scamall | | cloud |
| scamallach | scom-ull-uckh | cloudy |
| scannán | scon-awn | film |
| scanradh | | terror, fright |
| scanraigh | | take fright, frighten, scare |
| scaoil | | loosen, free |
| scaoilim | | I loose, set free |
| scaoil amach | | let out, release, loosen, let loose |
| scar | | separate, part, spread |
| scartha óna chéile | | separated from each other |
| scart | | entrails |
| scáth | | shadow |
| scáth | | fear |
| scáthán | | mirror |
| sceach | | hawthorn, briar |
| scéal | | story |
| scéala | | news, tidings |
| scéala báis | | report of death |
| scéalaí | | storyteller |
| scéalaíocht | | a storytelling |
| sceartadh | | bursting (into laughter) |
| scéim | | scheme, project, plan |
| scian | shkee-un | knife |
| scian phóca | | pocketknife, penknife |
| sciathán | shkee-hawn | wing |
| scil | | skill, knowledge |
| baint scil as | | examining, analyzing, diagnosing |
| scilling | | shilling |
| scioptha | | fast, speedily |
| sciorta | | skirt |
| sciotóg | | woman with skimpy dress; young connor-fish |
| scíth | | rest, school holiday |
| ligean mo scíth | | relaxing |
| sclábhaí | | laborer |
| sclábhaíocht | | laboring, hard work, drudgery |
| scodal | | thin porridge, "skilly"; jelly-fish (cuttle-fish) |
| scol | | shoal (fish): loud cry (of song, lamentation) |
| scoil | skull | school |
| ar scoil | | at school |
| an scoil | | the school |
| na scoile | | of the school |
| an chéad scoil | | the first school |
| sa chéad scoil | | in the first school |
| scoil chónaí | | boarding school |
| scoilt | | crack, split |
| scoláire | skull-aw-reh | student |
| scoláireacht | | scolarship |
| scóp | | scope, freedom |
| scór | score | score (in a game), twenty |
| scóráil | | score |
| scornach | | throat |
| scraiste | | no-good loafer,layabout (in American English,`bum') |
| a scraiste! | | (something Edward G.Robinson might have said) |
| screadach | | crying out |
| scríbhneoir | | writer |
| scríobh | shreeve | write |
| scríobhaim | | I write |
| scríte | | written |
| scriú | | screw |
| scrúdaigh | | examine |
| scrúdú | screw-doo | examination |
| scrúdaímís | | let us examine, let us study in depth |
| scuab | | broom |
| scuabadh | | sweeping |
| scuabaim | | I sweep |
| scuaine | | queue |
| scuainí | | queues |
| scuainí fada | | long queues |
| Sé | shay | he (or it) |
| Tá sé | | it is |
| sé | | six |
| a sé | a shay | (number) six |
| sé phléasc agus dá feichead | | forty six explosions |
| seachas | | besides, except for |
| seachain | | avoid |
| seachnaím | | I avoid |
| sheachaint | | discourage,avoid |
| seacht | | seven |
| a seacht | a shockht | (number) seven |
| seachtain | | a week |
| seachtaine | | of the week |
| deireadh seachtaine | | weekend |
| an tseachtain seo | | this week |
| an tseachtain seo caite | | last week (just past) |
| sa tseachtain | | per week |
| seachtar | | seven people |
| seacht déag | shockht-jayg | seventeen |
| seachtó | shockh-toe | seventy |
| seachtódú | | seventieth |
| seachtoidi | | seventies |
| seachtú | | seventh |
| seacláid | shock-lawj | chocolate |
| seafóid | | nonsense |
| seafóideach | | nonsensical |
| seáibhaineachas | | chauvinism |
| seaicéad | | jacket |
| Séamas ó Connaíle | | James Connolly |
| Shéamais Uí Chonnaíle | | of James Connolly |
| Seán | | John |
| a Sheáin | | John the vocative form |
| Seanadóir | | Senator |
| shéan | | deny |
| sean- | | old |
| seanachaí | shan-ukh-ee | storyteller |
| seanad | | senate |
| Seanad Éireann | | the Senate Ireland |
| Seanadóir(í) | | Senator(s) |
| An Seanadóir David Norris | | Senator David Norris |
| An Seanadóir ó Cinnéide | | Senator Kennedy |
| seanfhocal | | proverb |
| sean-fhondúirí | | founders(of community,etc.)(here'oldtimers') |
| seanmháthair | | grandmother |
| seanmháthair na mná | | the woman's grandmother |
| sean nós | shan nose | traditional style |
| seanréimeas | | old regime |
| seans | | chance, luck |
| seans maith go mbeidh X | | there's a good chance that X will,it's probable |
| seans gónach | | perhaps |
| 'chuile sheans (gónach) | | most proberly |
| drochsheans (gónach) | | nost unlikely |
| an tSeapáin | | Japan |
| na Seapáine | | of Japan |
| searbh | | bitter |
| searrach | | foal |
| seas | | endure, last |
| seasaím | | I stand |
| seasamh | | standing, endurance |
| seasamh dlithiúil | | legal standing, legal status |
| seasamh morálta | | (a) moral stance |
| seasca | shask-ah | sixty |
| seascadú | | sixtieth |
| seascaidi | | sixties |
| seasmhach | | lasting |
| séasúr | shay-soor | seasons |
| Séasúir na bliana | | Seasons of the year |
| sé déag | shay-jayg | sixteen |
| seic | sheck | check |
| seif | | shelf |
| Seillean ruadh | | Honey bees |
| seilmide | | snail |
| seilp | | shelf |
| seint | | playing (music) |
| séipéal | | (a) chapel |
| séipéil | shay-pale | chapels |
| seirbhís | sher-veesh | service |
| seirbhís chomhairleach | | advisory service |
| seirbhísí eolais | | information services |
| seirdín | | pilchard, sardine (fish) |
| seisean | | emphatic form of he |
| seisear | | six people |
| seo | sho | this/these |
| seo | | here is |
| an cailín seo | | this girl |
| seo an t-uisce | | here is water |
| seo duit | | here you are |
| as seo amach | | from this time on, this day forward |
| seol | | sail |
| faoi lántseol | | under full sail, in full swing |
| seoladh | show-lah | address |
| seomra | showmreh | room |
| seomra cónaí | | living room |
| dhá sheomra | | two rooms |
| Seomra feithimh | show-em-rah feh-iv | Waiting Room |
| seomra codlata | | bedroom |
| seú | | sixth |
| Sgairbh | | cormorants |
| sí | | shéit |
| siad | sheed | they |
| siamsa | sheem-sa | entertainment |
| siar | sheer | west |
| sibh | sheev | you (plural) |
| sibh féin | | yourselves |
| sicín | shick-een | chicken |
| síl | | think,be of the opinion |
| síleann | | think(s), hold(s) the opinion |
| sílim | | I think |
| do shíleas | | I thought |
| simléar | | chimney |
| sin | shin | that/those |
| sin | | that is/there is |
| mar sin | | like that, so |
| mar sin féin | | even so, all the same |
| ó shin | | since then, ago |
| sin nó | | either that or |
| déanfaidh sin | | o.k., will do! |
| an fear sin | | that man |
| sin punt | | that's a pound |
| sin é | | that is, that's what |
| sin é atá romhainn | | that's what's ahead of us,what we are facing |
| dá dheasca sin | | because of that |
| sín | | stretch, extend |
| singil | | single |
| Sinn/muid | shinn/myuid | we |
| sinn féin | | ourselves |
| sínte | | stretched, sheer |
| sioc | | frost |
| cur sheaca | | frosting |
| síocháin | shee-uckh-awn | peace |
| síoda | shee-dah | silk |
| síol | shee-ull | seed |
| siopa | shuppa | shop |
| siopaí | shuppee | shops |
| tá an siopa ar oscailt | | the shop is open |
| siopadóir | | shopkeeper |
| siopadóireacht | | shopping |
| síor- | | constantly, for ever, eternally |
| síos | | down, downward |
| sise | | emphatic form of she |
| siúcra | shoo-cra | sugar |
| siúd | | that there |
| siúil | shuul | walk, travel |
| ag siúl | | walking |
| an lucht siúil | | nomads |
| siúinéir | | carpenter, joiner |
| siúinéaracht | | carpentry, working as a carpenter |
| siúl | | walking, traveling, speed |
| ar siúl | | afoot, in progress, on |
| siúlaím | | I walk |
| siúlóid | | walk, taking a walk |
| siúráilte | | sure |
| slachtmhar | | handsome, well finished |
| sladmhargadh | | bargain (incredibly cheap bargain) |
| slaghdán | | cold, disease |
| Sláinte | slawntche | Good Health - toast |
| slám | | large amount of |
| slán | | safe, sound |
| slán | slwan | good-bye |
| slán abhaile | slaan awolye | Safe home, goodnight |
| slán agat | | goodbye |
| slán leat | slawn lat | Goodbye (singular) |
| Slánaitheoir | | Saivour |
| slat | | rod |
| sleachta | | extracts (from a given text) |
| sléachta | | terrible slaughters (so mind that `/' !) |
| sleachtaim, | | I cut, hack, fell; clear (as woodland) |
| sleamhain | | slippery, smooth |
| Slí | shlee | a way,path |
| slí éigin | | some way |
| slí éigin eile | | some other way |
| sliabh | shleev | mountain |
| sléibhte | | mountains |
| sléibhte ime | | butter mountains |
| slinn | | slate |
| sliotar | | ball (hurley ball) |
| slogtar piollaí suain | | sleeping tablets are swallowed |
| slua | | crowd |
| sluasaid | | shovel |
| smacht | | control, strict discipline |
| smachtófar | | will be brought under control, disciplined |
| smachtréim | | hegemony |
| smaoineamh | | thought (noun) |
| smaoinigh | | think (about) |
| a gcoimeádann do smaointe | | whose thoughts keep (you) (your thoughts) |
| cosc a chur ar smaointe | | to suppress thoughts |
| smólach | smole-uckh | thrush |
| sna | | plural of 'in the' |
| sna caogaidí | | in the fifties |
| sna daithidí | | in the forties |
| sna fichidí | | in the twenties |
| snámh | | swim |
| snámhaim | | I swim, float |
| snáth | | thread |
| snáthaid | | needle, injection |
| sneachta | | snow |
| cur shneachta | | snowing |
| snúda | | snood (as on fishing line) |
| so | | this |
| go soiléar | guh sull-air | clear |
| go soiléir | | clearly |
| sobhriste | | breakable |
| socair | | quiet, steady |
| socair ionam féin | | at ease with myself |
| socheolaíocht | | sociology |
| sóisialta | | social |
| ócáid shóisialta | | social occasion |
| sochraide | | (a) funeral |
| socraigh | | settle, arrange |
| socrú | | arrangement, deal |
| Socrú CD SC Apple | | Apple HD SC Setup |
| soibhir | | rich |
| soibhreas | | richness, riches |
| soill | | fat |
| soir | ser | east |
| sóisialach | | social |
| soitheach | | dish, (sailing) vessel |
| Sóivéadach | | Soviet |
| na Sóibhéide | | of the USSR |
| sol má | | before |
| solas | | light |
| soláthraím | | I provide, supply |
| sompla | | example |
| mar shompla | | for example |
| son: ar son | | for the sake of |
| ar son Dé | | for God's sake |
| so-ólta | | easily drunk |
| sórt | | sort, kind, somewhat |
| 'chuile shórt | | every shrt, everything |
| spáid | | spade |
| Spáinnis | | Spanish language |
| an Spáinnis | | Spanish |
| Spáinn | | Spain |
| na Spáinne | | of Spain |
| spalptha | | parched |
| spás | | space, (necessary) time |
| spéaclóirí | | glasses/spectacles |
| speal | | scythe |
| spéir | | sky |
| spéis | | interest (in ideas, things) |
| speisialta | | special |
| spéisiúil | | interesting (singular) |
| spéisiúla | | interesting (plural) |
| spiaire | | spy |
| spleáchas | | dependence |
| spóirt | | sport, fun |
| baint spóirt as | | getting fun out of |
| spraoi | | spree |
| déanamh spraoi | | playing |
| spréach | | spark |
| spreasán | | big useless man, "dope" |
| spriocdháta | | closing date (for applications) |
| spúnóig | spun-owg | spoon |
| spúnóig bheag | | teaspoon |
| spúnóig mhór | | tablespoon |
| sráid | | street |
| sa tsráid | | in the street |
| sráidbhaile | | village |
| sreang | | cord |
| srian | | reins |
| sroich | | reach |
| sroisim | | I reach |
| srón | | nose |
| sruth | | current, flow |
| sruthán | shruh-awn | stream |
| stábla | | stable |
| stadach | | having a stutter |
| stadaíl | | stutter |
| stadaim | | I stop |
| stádas | | status |
| staighre | | stairs |
| stail | | stallion |
| stair | | history |
| stáitse | | stage |
| stáisiúin raidio | | radio stations |
| stáisiúin telifíse | | television stations |
| na Stáit Aontaithe | | the United States |
| staithim | | i pluck, pull |
| stampa | stomp-ah | STAMP |
| stampaí | | stamps |
| státa | | state (political) |
| stát saor | | free state, sovereign state, autonomous state |
| státchóras | | state system |
| státseirbhís | | civil service |
| státseirbhíseach | | (a) civil servant |
| státseirbhísigh | | civil servants |
| stéig, -eacha | | slice (of meat, land, leather, etc.) intestine (the colon) |
| stoca | | sock |
| stocaí | | socks |
| stócach | | youth |
| stócáil | | prepare, get ready |
| stoirm | | storm |
| stól | | stool |
| stop | | stop |
| stór | | store, treasure,darling |
| stór | | storey |
| stracaim | | I tear |
| strainc | | grimace |
| strainséara | | stranger(s) |
| straitéis | | strategy |
| straitéiseach | | strategic |
| stróinséir | | stranger |
| stuaim | | dexterity, skill |
| suaimhneach | | peacefdul, tranquil |
| suaimhneas | | quietness, peace |
| an tSualainn | | Sweden |
| na Sualainne | | of Sweden |
| suarach | | miserable, mean |
| suaraíl | | meanness |
| suas | | upwards, up |
| subh | soo | jam |
| substaint(í) | | substance(s) |
| súd | | that |
| iad súd | | those people |
| súgán | | straw rope |
| súgradh | sue-grah | play |
| suí | | sit |
| i mo shuí | | up (out of bed) |
| súil | | eye |
| súile | | eyes |
| tá súil agam | | I hope |
| tá súil ag X | | X hopes |
| súil le | | expecting, looking forward to |
| baint l'an na súl as | | getting a good and proper look |
| súileáil | | ceiling |
| suím | | I sit |
| suim | | heed, attention, interest |
| suíochán | | seat |
| suíomh | | site |
| suíomh oiriúnach | | a suitable site |
| suipéar | sip-air | supper |
| súiste | | flail |
| súlach | | juice |
| súlach fáis | | sap |