sidhe

See also: Sidhe and sìdhe

English

Alternative forms

• sidh, Sidhe

Etymology

From obsolete Irish sidhe (now spelled sí). See Sidhe for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: she, Sidhe, Xi

Noun

sidhe (plural sidhe)

1. A fairy in Gaelic folklore (a member of the Sidhe).
   • 2015, Charlotte Ashe, The Sidhe:

     The second time Brieden saw a 'sidhe was more than a year later.

2. (uncommon) A fairy-mound or hill, or a fairy-palace or hollow within a hill, in Gaelic folklore.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:sidhe.

Related terms

• banshee

Proper noun

sidhe

1. Alternative letter-case form of Sidhe.

Anagrams

• deshi, Ihdes, shide, hides, Heids, shied, Shide

Irish

Noun

sidhe m (genitive singular sidhe, nominative plural sidhthe)

1. obsolete spelling of sí (fairy mound)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sidhe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sidhe	shidhe after an, tsidhe	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.