Sidhe

See also: sidhe and sìdhe

English

Etymology

From an ellipsis of Irish aos sídhe (people of the fairy mound).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: she, sidhe, Xi

Proper noun

Sidhe

1. Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie. [From 1793]
   • 1906, Augusta, Lady Gregory, A Book of Saints and Wonders, Columcille: The Friend of the Angels of God,

     Even Nera from the Sidhe could not do it; he is not made much of now; our learned one is not the light of our life now he is hidden away from us.

2. Alternative capitalization of sidhe.
   • 1914, William Butler Yeats, Rosa alchemica:

     Their reign has never ceased, but only waned in power a little, for the Sidhe still pass in every wind, and dance and play at hurley, and fight their sudden battles in every hollow and on every hill; but they cannot build their temples again till there have been martyrdoms and victories, and perhaps even that long-foretold battle in the Valley of the Black Pig.

   • 2001, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, Spirits White as Lightning, page not numbered:

     “‘Fun,’” Ria echoed. “You want to invite me to one of the Sidhe’s High Holy Days—me—and you think it'll be 'fun'?”

Anagrams

• Heids, Ihdes, deshi, hides, shide, shied