aos sí

Irish

Alternative forms

• aos sídhe (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish áes side, from Old Irish áes síde.

Noun

aos sí m (genitive singular aosa sí)

1. (collective) fairy folk, fairies

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aos sí	n-aos sí	haos sí	t-aos sí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN