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sgoinn

-e, sf Care, attention, carefulness, moment. 2 Heed. 3 Efficacy, power, effect, good effect or purpose. 4 Neatness, trimness. 5 Decency, taste, propriety. 6 Affection. 7(CR) Small pool in the rocky bed of a stream in which salmon get imprisoned and caught when the tide is low — W. of Ross-shire. 8(DU) Potential or active energy, force, activity. Tha sgoinn air, he is active; dèan le sgoinn e, do it tastefully; rinn mi e air sgàth sgoinne, I did it for decency's sake; is beag sgoinn a bhitheas air do ghnothach, your business will be done with little propriety; chan eil sgoinn air an làimh, they are wasteful or extravagant.

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