síabair

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sēbaris, *sēbaros (“demon, spirit”), related to síabraid (“to transform, distort”).

Noun

síabair m

  1. phantom, spectre

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References
  • “síabair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Williams, Mark (2016): Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth
  • Arts & Humanities Research Council (2013): A Supplement to the Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish
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