ben síde
Old Irish
Etymology
From ben (“woman”) + síd (“fairy mound”).
Noun
ben síde f (genitive mná síde, nominative plural mná síde)
- banshee, fairy woman
Descendants
- Irish: bean sí, bean sídhe
- → English: banshee
- → Dutch: banshee
- → Esperanto: banŝio
- → Finnish: banshee
- → French: banshee, banshie
- → German: Banshee
- → Japanese: バンシー (banshī)
- → Korean: 반시 (bansi)
- → Kurdish: banşî
- → Portuguese: banshee
- → Russian: ба́нши (bánši), банши́ (banší), ба́ньши (bánʹši), баньши́ (banʹší)
- → Scots: banshee, banshi, banshie, benshee, benshi, benshie
- → Spanish: banshee
- Scottish Gaelic: bean shìdh
- Manx: ben shee