bean-shìdh

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

bean "woman" + sìdh "fairy mound"

[edit] Noun

bean-shìdh m, gen. mnà-shìdh, pl. mnathan-shìdh

  1. A fairy woman, the original form of "banshee".
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