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Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
síomóntacht
síomóntaí
siompóidiach
siompóisiam
síomsán
siomún
sion-
síon
Siónachas
sionad
sionaglach
sionagóg
Siónaí
síonáil
síonán
sionapsa
sionapsais
sionascal
síonbhuailte
sionc
sioncaithe
síonchaite
síonchaitheamh
síon, f. (gs. síne, pl. ~ta). Weather (usually bad, stormy). Lá na seacht ~, very stormy day. Dul in aghaidh na síne, to face the storm. Taobh na síne, weather side. Doras na síne, door exposed to wind and rain. Searrach i ndiaidh na síne, ‘a foal (frisking) after the storm’, a person preening himself after the event. Lá idir dhá shíon, pet day. S.a. bogha 2. (Var: pl. ~a; m)
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
2. ~ báistí, ceatha, leatha, síne, rainbow.
~ síne (i mballa), weathered surface, damp patch (in wall).
Tá ~ síne, gaoithe, isteach sa doras againn, the storm, wind, is beating full against our door.
~ síne na haimsire, tendency of good and bad spells of weather to offset each other over a period.
~ gach síne sioc, frost is the worst weather.
~ síne, sheltering grove, shelter-belt.
~ síne, unsettled state of weather.
~ aimsire, síne, fair, favourable, weather.
