bean-shìdh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

bean- (“woman”) +‎ sìdh (“fairy mound”)

Noun

bean-shìdh f (genitive singular mnà-shìdh, plural mnathan-shìdh)

  1. A fairy woman, the original form of "banshee".
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