EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
siolla1, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). 1. Syllable. Ní raibh ~ as, there was not a syllable, a squeak, out of him. 2. (a) ~ceoil, note of music. Scaoil ~ ceoil chugainn, give us a bar (of music). (b) ~ gaoithe, puff, sough, of wind. (c) Níl ~ céille aige, he hasn’t an ounce of sense. Bhí ~ den ádh ort, you had a stroke of luck. (Var: ~(h) f)
siolla2, m = silleadh 2.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Guta, siolla, ~, short vowel, syllable.
Siolla ~, superfluous syllable.
Siolla ~, penultimate syllable.
Siollaí, véarsaí, ~e, smooth syllables, verses.
~ siollaí, profuse idle talk, gobbledegook; cajolery.