famhair
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish fomóir (“Fomorian, giant”) (compare Manx foawr).
Noun[edit]
famhair m (genitive singular famhair, plural famhairean)
Derived terms[edit]
- ban-fhamhair (“giantess”)
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “famhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fomóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language