sídh

American  

[shee] / ʃi /

Or shee

noun

Irish Folklore.

sídhe plural

1. a mound or hill in which fairies live.

2. a fairy.

3. sídhe, the race of fairies.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sídhe
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sídh

1785–95; < Irish; MIr síd, síth fairy mound; cf. banshee

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sídh sídhe

This word "sídh," which was applied—probably in the first place—to hollow mounds such as this, but which was also applied to the dwellers in them, gave the Tuatha De Danann their most popular name.

From Fians, Fairies and Picts by MacRitchie, David

I felt a quick pain in my chest, imagining the sídhe sneaking up from their fairy ring and dragging the boy children down.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

If it had been the sídhe with their long fingers, they could have reached across the fields and touched and turned everything black.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Nighttime belonged to the sídhe, so I was afraid to take more than a few steps, but it was far enough.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

I had edged my way into the dimness, peering into the corners, ready to run if I saw one of the sídhe, her hair long, her fingers bony, watching me.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Granda said there was a world just like ours on the bottom of the sea where the sídhe planted potatoes in the sand and drank tea from tiny shell cups.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff