an affix in Sclav. topography, signifying a town, often annexed to the name of the river near the town, or to the name of its founder; _e.g._ Tobolsk, Tomsk, Pinsk, Vitepsk, Volsk, Omsk, on the Rivers Tobol, Tom, Pina, Viteba, Volga, Om; Irkutsk, Berdiansk, Bielorietzk, Bobroninsk, Illginsk, Miask, Olekminsk, Okhotsk, Olensk, on the Rivers Irkut, Berda, Biela, Bobronia, Ilga, Miass, Olekma, Okhota, and Olenek; Bielozersk (the town on the white island); Jarensk (the town on the Jarenga or strong river); Kesilskaia (on the red river); Krasno-Ufimsk (the beautiful town of the R. Ufa); Petsk (silk town), in Turkey, where the mulberry-tree is extensively cultivated; Yakutsk (the town of the Yakuts, a Tartar tribe); Salskaia, on the R. Sal; Sviajsk (the town on the Sviga, holy river); Sviatskaia (the town of Sviatovid, a Sclav. deity); Dmitrovisk (the town of Demetrius, a Russian saint); Kupiansk and Kupiszki (the town on the promontory, _kupa_). [Sidenote: SKIP (Scand.), SCHAEF (A.S.),] a sheep; _e.g._ Skipton, Skipwich, Schaefheim (sheep town); Shapfells (sheep hills); Sheppey (sheep island); Skipsia (sheep’s stream); Schaefmatt (sheep meadow); Shefford (sheep’s ford); Scaefstadt (sheep town). [Sidenote: SLIABH, SLIEVE, or SLIEU (Gadhelic),] a mountain or heath, akin to the Ger. _sliet_, a declivity; _e.g._ Slieve-Anieran (the iron mountain), so called from its mines; Slievesnaght (snowy mountains); Slieve-Bernagh (gapped mountain); Bricklive (speckled mountain); Beglieve (small mountain). In all these places in Ireland the original names have been corrupted: Sleaty (the mountains); Sleeven (the little hill); Slievenamon, _i.e._ _Sliabh-na-mban-fion_ (the mountain of the fair women or fairies); Slievebloom (Bladh’s mountain); Slieve-beagh (birch-tree hill); Slieve-corragh (rugged hill); Slieveroe (the red hill); Sliabh-cuailgne, now the Cooley Mountains, in Ireland; Sleibhe-Cuillinn (the Coolin or Cuchullin Hills), in Skye; Slamannan (the _sliabh_ or moor of the district formerly called _Manan_, parts of Stirling and Clackmannanshire). [Sidenote: SLOG (A.S.),] a slough or marshy place; _e.g._ Slough, Co. Bucks; Sloby, Slawston, Slaugham (the dwelling on the marshy ground). [Sidenote: SLUAGH (Gadhelic),] a multitude, a host; _e.g._ Ballinasloe (the ford-mouth of the hosts), in Co. Galway; Srahatloe, _i.e._ _Srath-a’-tsluagh_ (the river holm of the hosts); Knockatloe and Tullintloy (the hill of the hosts), in Ireland. [Sidenote: SNAID, SNOED (Teut.),] a separated piece of land, from the Old Ger. _sniden_ and Modern Ger. _schneiden_ (to cut); _e.g._ Eckschnaid (the oak snaid); Hinterschnaid (behind the snaid); Snaith, in Yorkshire; Snead, Montgomery; Sneyd, Co. Stafford; Sneaton (the town on the snaid); Snodland and Snodlands (the separated lands); Snodhill (the hill on the snaid). [Sidenote: SOC (A.S.), SOKE (Scand.),]