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
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “fomóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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