bean-shìdh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ben síde (literally woman of the fairy mound). By surface analysis, bean- (woman) +‎ sìdh (fairy mound).

Noun

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bean-shìdh f (genitive singular mnà-shìdh, plural mnathan-shìdh)

  1. a fairy woman