Etymology

sidhe

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Today it means: A fairy in Gaelic folklore (a member of the Sidhe). Full definition →

Irish sídhe
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sidhe · noun, proper noun1

  1. Irish · borrowed fromsídhe
  2. English todaysidhe

From obsolete Irish sídhe (now spelled sí). See Sidhe for more.

Sidhe · proper noun, noun2

  1. Irish · borrowed fromsídhe
  2. English todaySidhe

From Irish sídhe, older form of sí (“fairy mound”). That sense is found in English only as sidhe. The sense “fairies”, an ellipsis of aos sídhe (“people of the fairy mound”), is not found in Irish.

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