bean-shìdh

Scottish Gaelic

Bean-shìdh.

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish ben síde, equivalent to bean- +‎ sìdh (“fairy”). Cognates include Irish bean sí and Manx ben shee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn ˈhiː/

Noun

bean-shìdh f

1. banshee; fairy woman

Declension

Declension of bean-shìdh: see the entries on bean and sìdh

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “bean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 68