Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Alternative letter-case form of sidhe (“fairy”)
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA race of supernatural beings found in Gaelic folklore, analogous to fairies or elves.
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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- Borrowed-form mentionsídhega
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