sídh

or shee

[ shee ]

/ ʃi /

noun, plural sídhe [shee] /ʃi/. Irish Folklore.

a mound or hill in which fairies live.

a fairy.

sídhe, the race of fairies.

Words nearby sídh

sémillon, sérac, sévigné, sézary cell, sézary syndrome, sídh, söderblom, södertälje, sörenstam, súgán, sûreté

Origin of sídh

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

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Examples from the Web for sidhe

The celestial city is both like the Christian Heaven and the Sidhe world.
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries|W. Y. Evans Wentz
I asked a countryman who was with me what hill that was, and he told me it was Cruachmaa of the Sidhe.
Ideas of Good and Evil|William Butler Yeats
So they went on, and before long they came to a hill, and they heard sleepy music of the Sidhe beside them.
Gods and Fighting Men|Lady I. A. Gregory
When the Sidhe declare their will, we should with due awe consider it.
Imaginations and Reveries|(A.E.) George William Russell

It is also written Sidhe, and this brings us to the older spelling before the dental had been aspirated out of existence.
The Testimony of Tradition|David MacRitchie

British Dictionary definitions for sidhe

sidhe

/ (ʃiː, ˈʃiːdɪ) /

pl n the sidhe

the inhabitants of fairyland; fairies

Word Origin for sidhe

C18: from Irish Gaelic aos sídhe people of the fairy mound; compare banshee

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