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sidhe
Sidhe (name) means a race of supernatural beings (sidhe) found in Gaelic folklore, analogous to fairies or elves.
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A race of supernatural beings (sidhe) found in Gaelic folklore, analogous to fairies or elves.
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Etymology
From obsolete Irish sidhe (now spelled sí), "fairy mound", a sense found in English only in lowercase (sidhe); use to mean "fairies" or "a fairy", found in English in both lowercase and capitalized form, is from an ellipsis of Irish aos sidhe, now spelled aos sí, "people of the fairy mound".
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"sidhe" (name) means a race of supernatural beings (sidhe) found in Gaelic folklore, analogous to fairies or elves.