aos sí

Irish

Alternative forms

• aos sídhe (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish áes side, from Old Irish áes síde.

Noun

aos sí m (genitive singular aosa sí)

1. (collective) fairy folk, fairies

Mutation

Mutated forms of aos sí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aos sí	n-aos sí	haos sí	t-aos sí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN