Faclair Gàidhlig is Beurla le Dwelly 'na bhroinn
An English - Scottish Gaelic dictionary incorporating Dwelly
Toraidhean an Fhaclair Bhig
sìoman /ʃiəman/
fir. gin. -ain, iol. -an
simmen, rope made from plant fibres (esp. straw but also coir, heather, grass, twigs or rushes) |
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sìoman-connlaich
fir. gin. -ain-chonnlaich, iol. -an-connlaich
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corra-shìomain /kɔRə hiəmɛNʲ/
fir. iol. -n-sìomain
straw rope spinner/twister, thrawcrook, cock-a-bendy |
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sìoman-Theàrlaich
fir. gin. -ain-Theàrlaich, iol. -an-Theàrlaich
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sìoman-ruadh
fir. gin. -ain-ruaidh, iol. -an-ruadha
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sìoman-droma
fir. gin. -ain-dhroma, iol. -an-droma
ridge rope (running along the ridge of a blackhouse, weighted down with stones at either end or tied to a chain or rope at the chimney end) |
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sìoman-gualainn
fir. gin. -ain-ghualainn, iol. -an-gualainn
shoulder/hip rope (running up the hip of the roof on one side, around the sìoman-droma and down the other hip in a blackhouse) |
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sìoman-taoibh
fir. gin. -ain-thaoibh, iol. -an-taoibh
side/cross rope (running parallel to the màthair-sìomhan, with a hitch around the sìoman-gualainn in a blackhouse) |
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sìoman-tarsainn
fir. gin. -ain-tharsainn, iol. -an-tarsainn
side/cross rope (running parallel to the màthair-sìomhan, with a hitch around the sìoman-gualainn in a blackhouse) |
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sìoman-fodair
fir. gin. -ain-fhodair, iol. -an-fodair
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sìoman-sgéith
fir. gin. -ain-sgéith, iol. -an-sgéith
on a tied haystack, the rope(s) running diagonally off the vertical rope (forming a fishbone pattern) |
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sìoman-sgiathadh
fir. gin. -ain-sgiathadh, iol. -an-sgiathaidh
on a tied haystack, the rope(s) running diagonally off the vertical rope (forming a fishbone pattern) |
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clach-shìomain
boir. gin. cloiche-sìomain, iol. -an-sìomain
thatch stone (stone weights on a blackhouse roof) |
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sìoman Sasannach
hemp rope |
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sìoman-fodraich
fir. gin. -ain-fhodraich, iol. -an-fodraich
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sìoman-tughaidh
fir. gin. -ain-thughaidh, iol. -an-tughaidh
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sìoman-feòir
fir. gin. -ain-fheòir, iol. -an-feòir
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sìoman-murain
fir. gin. -ain-mhurain, iol. -an-murain
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sìoman-barraich
fir. gin. -ain-bharraich, iol. -an-barraich
twig/withy rope (i.e. rope made from twigs) |
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sìoman-fraoich
fir. gin. -ain-fhraoich, iol. -an-fraoich
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sìoman-òrdaige
fir. gin. -ain-òrdaige, iol. -an-òrdaige
thumb-twisted simmen, rope made from plant fibres (esp. straw but also coir, heather, grass, twigs or rushes) |
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sùil a' chait air an t-sìoman
having your eye on something tantalizingly close (fig.) |
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's e ithe na cruaiche fo sìoman a tha aig Calum /ʃɛ içə nə kruəçə fɔ siəman ə h ɛgʲ kaLəm/
Calum is living beyond his means |
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Toraidhean Dwelly
sìoman
-ain, -an, sm Rope of twisted straw or hay. 2 Rope of twisted heather — Skye. 3*...an còrr |
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seic
-e, -ean, sf see seiche. 2 Bag made of hide or skin. 3 The peritoneum. 4 The exterior or inte...an còrr |
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siaman
see sìoman. |
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sìomain
see sìoman. |
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sìoman-barraich
(DU) sm Rope of twigs, withes. |
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sìoman-òrdaig
(DMK) sm Rope made of straw or hay twisted with the thumb — Caithness, Argyll &c...an còrr |
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