foawr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fomóir (“Fomorian, giant”) (compare Scottish Gaelic famhair).

Noun

foawr m (genitive singular foawir, plural foawir)

giant

Derived terms

foawragh

References

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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