siubhal

-ail, pl. siùbhlaichean, sm Moving, act of moving or walking. 2 Departing, act of departing. 3 Dying, act or state of dying. 4 Traversing, act of traversing or travelling. 5 Motion, progress. 6 March, journey. 7 Turn, course. 8 Certain part of a tune, see ceòl-mór in appendix. 9 Ruin, extinction, destruction. 10 Dysentry, diarrhoea. 11* Searching. 12 Driving, as a cart. 13 Flight. 14** Swiftness. 15 Travail. A' siubhal, pr pt of siubhail. A' siubhal a' bhaile, traversing the town; tha e a' siubhal, he is dying; seo mo shiubhal-sa, this is my turn; marsantan-siubhail, travellers; tha i air shiubhal, she is salacious; air an t-siubhal seo, at this time; siubhal eile, at another time; bithidh fios do sheud 's do shiubhail agam-sa, I will know the object of your journey; siubhal a chaidh mi don Ghalltachd, a journey I took to the Lowlands; an dubh-shiùbhlach, the streetwalker; air gach siubhal, at every trip; bean-siùbhla, a woman in childbed; laighe-shiùbhladh, confinement at or before childbed; tha siubhal sìth aig bàta-tòrraidh, a funeral-barge aye gets a quiet sea — as in many other matters, so here, the exception may be said to prove the rule, for there have been plenty of instances where funeral-barges have been overturned by the elements and the corpses of mourned and mourners have been recovered together. Siubhal-fala, a bloody flux; biadh-siubhail, provision for a journey; tha e a' siubhal gu dian, he drives furiously.

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