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.

---

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

Or maybe I’d see a bean sídhe with her hair flowing, moaning because someone was going to die.

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

We didn’t want to see those poor black potatoes taken by the sídhe.

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

I wouldn’t have to see the sídhe under her table.

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

He had said that one of the sídhe might live under her table.

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