famhair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfavað/, /ˈfãvað/[1]

Noun

famhair m (genitive singular famhair, plural famhairean)

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

Derived terms

  • ban-fhamhair (“giantess”)

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “famhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fomóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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