Sidhe
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Sidhe¹
- /ʃiː/
Sounds like she, sidhe, Xi · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Irish sídhe, older form of sí (“fairy mound”). In the sense “fairies”, an ellipsis of aos sídhe (“people of the fairy mound”). This usage is not paralleled in Irish.
proper noun
- A race of supernatural beings found in Gaelic folklore, analogous to fairies or elves. Their reign has never ceased, but only waned in power a little, for the Sidhe still pass in every wind, and dance and play at hurley, and fight their sudden battles in every hollow and on every hill; but they cannot build their temples again till there have been martyrdoms and victories, and perhaps
noun Sidhe
- Alternative letter-case form of sidhe (“fairy”)sidhe […] a Sidhe looked up at Aurilia and the thin voice whined, "But if the iron and silver that the Sidhe of the Bright Court set in Alhambra are removed, they will know someone has been there."
- A hill used as a dwelling by members of the Sidhe; fairyland, faerie. 1906, Augusta, Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders, Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God, Even Nera from the Sidhe could not do it; he is not made much of now; our learned one is not the light of our life now he is hidden away from us.
sidhe²
- /ʃiː/
Sounds like she, Sidhe, Xi · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From obsolete Irish sídhe (now spelled sí). See Sidhe for more.
noun sidhe · sidh · Sidhe
- A fairy in Gaelic folklore (a member of the Sidhe). The second time Brieden saw a sidhe was more than a year later.
- 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.
proper noun sidh · Sidhe
- Alternative letter-case form of Sidhe.Sidhe
