famhair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fomóir (“Fomorian, giant”) (compare Manx foawr).

Noun

famhair m (genitive singular famhair, plural famhairean)

  1. giant
  2. champion
  3. molecatcher
  4. (Uist) bogle

Derived terms
  • ban-fhamhair (“giantess”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “famhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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
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