famhair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fuamhaire, fuamhair

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

• 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