famhair

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fomóir (Fomorian, giant) (compare Manx foawr).

Noun

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famhair m (genitive singular famhair, plural famhairean)

  1. giant
  2. champion
  3. molecatcher
  4. (Uist) bogle

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “famhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fomóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language