banshee

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→ Arabic: بَانْشِي (bānšī)

→ Arabic: بَانْشِي (bānšī)

→ Catalan: banshee

→ Dutch: banshee

→ Esperanto: banŝio

→ Finnish: banshee

→ French: banshee, banshie

→ German: Banshee

→ Japanese: バンシー (banshī)

→ Korean: 반시 (bansi)

→ Northern Kurdish: banşî

→ Portuguese: banshee

→ Russian: ба́нши (bánši), банши́ (banší), ба́ньши (bánʹši), баньши́ (banʹší)

→ Spanish: banshee

Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.

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Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].

1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.VII:

(Scotland, Ireland, folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.


banshee

(Irish mythology) banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)


Fand

(Irish mythology) A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.


Ulster Cycle

A large body of prose and verse centering around the traditional heroes of Ulaid and the reign of Conchobar mac Nessa. One of the four major cycles of Irish Mythology.


Gae Bulg

The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.


Aífe

(Irish mythology) Cú Chulainn's lover and a female warrior from Alba


Buarainech

(Irish mythology) The father of Balor, the King of the Fomorians.


Cethlenn

(Irish mythology) The wife of Balor of the Fomorians, and, by Balor, the mother of Ethniu; also a prophetess.


Balor

(Irish mythology) A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived on Tory Island. Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethlenn. Father of Ethniu.


Ethniu

(Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Delbáeth, and the grandmother of Cúchulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.


Ethniu

Irish: Eithne

→ Old Norse: Eðna

Icelandic: Eðna

Scottish Gaelic: Eithne

Finn mac Cumail
Finn mac Cumail#Old_Irish

(Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cían and the mother of Lug and Delbáeth, and the grandmother of Cú Chulainn and Finn mac Cumail.


Manannán mac Lir

Borrowed from Irish Manannán mac Lir, from Old Irish Manandán mac Lir.


Athirne

(Irish mythology) Athairne the Importunate, a poet and a satirist of the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle and foster-father of Amairgin mac Echit.


Findchoem

Conall the Victorious
Conall the Victorious

(Irish mythology) Princess of Ulster. Wife of Amairgin mac Echit and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa. Mother of Conall the Victorious.


Achall

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer; committed suicide after her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach.


Fedelm Noíchrothach

The daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa who married Cairbre Nia Fer but was unfaithful to him. Cousin of Conall the Victorious. Mother of Erc and Achall.


Briccriu

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: a warrior, poet, and troublemaker who once held a lavish feast for Conchobar mac Nessa and the heroes of Ulster in his house at Dún Rudraige.


Finnbhennach

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an extremely fertile stud bull owned by king Ailill mac Máta. He was originally one of Bodb Dearg's pig-keepers, who fell out with one of his colleagues.


Cimbáeth

(Irish mythology) One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Díthorba, each ruling seven years in turn and ruling for three seven year period. He died of plague at Emain Macha.


Áed Ruad

(Irish mythology) The High King of Ireland who ruled in rotation with his cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, each ruling for seven years in turn.


Díthorba

(Irish mythology) One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Cimbáeth, each ruling seven years in turn and for three seven-year periods.


Erc

From Old Irish Erc (modern Irish Earc), a word for which the electronic Dictionary of the Irish language gives several meanings, but the most likely meaning for the name is "spotted, speckled, motley," from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“perch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored”).

(Irish mythology) A member of the conspiracy that killed Cúchulainn, but was killed by his second cousin Conall the Victorious. Son of Cairbre Nia Fer and brother of Achall.


Luír Cheltchair

(Irish mythology) The spear wielded by Celtchar. Its lust for blood is so great that it has to be dipped in a cauldron of poison to control it.


Brig Bretach

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the wife of Celtchar. Her husband Celtchar killed Blaí Briugu for sleeping with her as Blaí Briugu was required to do so by the latter's geas.


Blaí Briugu

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, a wealthy Ulster warrior who kept a hostel. He was killed by Celtchar for sleeping with the latter's wife Brig Bretach.


Celtchar

(Irish mythology) A leading figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: an Ulster warrior described as tall, grey, and ugly, and who wields a spear called Luír Cheltchair, and who killed Blaí Briugu after the latter slept with his wife Brig Bretach.


Ferdiad

(Irish mythology) In Irish mythology, Cúchulainn's best friend and foster-brother.


Scáthach

(Irish mythology) The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.


Scáthach

Scáthaí (genitive)
Scáthach (indefinite nominative singular)
a Scáthach (indefinite singular vocative)
Scáthaí (genitive indefinite singular)
Scáthach (dative indefinite singular)
Scáthaigh (archaic dative dialectal indefinite singular)
an Scáthach (definite nominative singular)
na Scáthaí (definite genitive singular)
leis an Scáthach (dative definite singular)
leis an Scáthaigh (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
don Scáthach (dative definite singular)
don Scáthaigh (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
Scáthach (mutation mutation-radical)

→ English: Scáthach


Eochaid Sálbuide

(Irish mythology) The king of Ulster prior to the events of the Ulster Cycle in Irish mythology. Father of Ness. He was deposed as High King by Eochaid Feidlech.


Dian Cecht

(Irish mythology) A god of healing. The healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann and the father of Cian.


Tuatha Dé Danann

From Irish Tuatha Dé Danann (literally “peoples of the goddess Danu”).

bor

(Irish mythology) The fifth group of inhabitants of Ireland according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn tradition, thought to represent the gods of the Goidelic Irish. Their Christian redactors have reduced them to historical kings and heroes.


Cian

Chiain (genitive)
Cian (mutation mutation-radical)
Chian (lenition mutation)
gCian (eclipsis mutation)

→ English: Kian

From Old Irish Cían, from cían (“long, distant, lasting”).

(Irish mythology) Son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann and born with a caul on his head. Best known as the father of Lugh by the Fomarian princess Eithne.


Deichtine

(Irish mythology) Female name. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the mother of Cúchulainn and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa.


Ness

en-proper noun

Ness (countable and uncountable, plural Nesses)

Named after the River Ness, of Celtic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”).

(Irish mythology) An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.


Deirdre

From Irish Deirdre, from Old Irish Derdriu.

(Irish mythology) The foremost tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.


Lug

Loga (genitive)
Lug (nominative singular)
Lug (singular vocative)
Lug (accusative singular)
Logo (genitive singular)
Loga (genitive singular)
Lug (dative singular)

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Irish: Lú, Lugh (superseded)
→ English: Lugh

Scottish Gaelic: Lùgh

From Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.


Lú

→ English: Lugh

From Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

(Irish mythology) Lugh (pre-Christian Irish deity)


Fuamnach

(Irish mythology) Midir's rejected first wife, who became jealous of Midir's lover Étaín, casting three spells on Étain, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.


Étaín

(Irish mythology) The lover of Midir whose rejected first wife Fuamnach became jealous and cast three spells on her, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.


Midir

(Irish mythology) The son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann who fell in love with Étaín, receiving Aengus's help to make her his new bride.


Lugh

Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌ (lug), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

(Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.

Samh-ildánach ()

Summer-multi-talented; skilled in many arts


Tailtiu

(Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.


Tailtiu

Tailten (genitive)
Tailtiu (nominative singular)
Tailtiu (singular vocative)
Tailtin (accusative singular)
Tailten (genitive singular)
Tailtin (dative singular)
Tailtiu (dative singular)

Middle Irish: Tailtiu

Irish: Tailtin

→ English: Teltown

→ English: Tailtiu

(Irish mythology) A goddess in Irish mythology originally serving as a personification of the town.


Fachtna Fáthach

(Irish mythology) The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who was deposed by Eochaid Feidlech at the Battle of Leitir Ruadh.


Eochaid Feidlech

(Irish mythology) The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, who deposed the former High King Fachtna Fáthach at the battle of Battle of Leitir Ruadh.


Fráech

From Middle Irish Fráech, from Old Irish Fróech, from fróech (“heather”), from Proto-Celtic *wroikos.

(Irish mythology) The Connacht hero in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who wooed Findabair and Treblann, but was drowned in a river in a duel with Cúchulainn.


Nera

(Irish mythology) A warrior of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.


Fenian Cycle

(Irish mythology) A body of prose and verse focusing on the exploits of the mythological hero Fionn mac Cumhail and his warriors the Fianna Éireann.

cicle fenià

a body of prose and verse focusing on the exploits of the mythological hero Fionn mac Cumhail and his warriors


Fianna Éireann

Meaning "Soldiery of Ireland", named after the mythological Fianna


Brigid

/ˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɪd/

From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).

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The pagan Brigid was part of the Tuatha Dé Danann – a race of dieties who are said to have inhabited Ireland before the Milesians, from whom today’s Irish people are descended. Raised among druids, Brigid was the daughter of an enslaved woman and the Dagda, chief of the gods.

2024 February 5, Katy Hessel, “Move over Saint Patrick: why the world should be celebrating beer-brewing Brigid”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(Irish mythology) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.


Dagda

The Middle Irish name Dagda means “Good God” or “Shining God”, from Old Irish Dagdae, from Proto-Celtic *Dago-deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰagʰo- (“shining”) (< *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”)) + *deywós (“divinity”).

Raised among druids, Brigid was the daughter of an enslaved woman and the Dagda, chief of the gods.

(Irish mythology) An important god in Irish mythology, portrayed as a father figure, king, and druid.


Dagda

From Old Irish Dagdae, from Proto-Celtic *Dago-deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn; hot”) + *deywós (“divinity”).

inh

(Irish mythology) An important god in Irish mythology.


Cethern

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an Ulster warrior (son of Fintan) who assists Cúchulainn in the Táin Bó Cúailnge.


Uathach

(Irish mythology) The daughter of Scáthach and later the lover of Cúchulainn (after a duel with Cochar Crufe).


Táin Bó Cúailnge

(Irish mythology) The central tale in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.


Táin Bó Cúailnge

Táin Bó Cúailnge
Táin Bó Cúailnge#English


Dáire mac Fiachna

(Irish mythology) An Ulster cattle-lord and owner of Donn Cuailnge.


Cú Roí

The first element is apparently cú (“hound”); the second probably means "battlefield", making the whole term "hound of the battlefield".

(Irish mythology) A king of Munster and sorcerer who was killed by Cúchulainn and avenged by his son, Lugaid mac Con Roí, who was subsequently killed by Conall the Victorious.


Cú Roí

Con Roí (genitive)
Cú Roí (mutation mutation-radical)
Chú Roí (mutation mutation-nasal)
Cú Roí (mutation)

Cú Roí (character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology)


Donn Cuailnge

(Irish mythology) The Brown Bull of Cooley: an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought.


Mesgegra

(Irish mythology) The king of Leinster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. He was killed by Conall the Victorious.


Mórrígan

From Irish Mór-Ríoghain ("great queen"), from Middle Irish Morrígan.

(Irish mythology) An Irish mythological figure widely considered to be a goddess, and usually interpreted as a triple goddess.


Flidais

(Irish mythology) A woodland goddess whose chariot is drawn by deer.


Macha

(Irish mythology) The wife of Nemed. She died only twelve days after arriving in Ireland.


Macha

Mhacha (genitive)
Macha (mutation mutation-radical)
Mhacha (lenition mutation)


Lebor Gabála Érenn

The title translates as The Book of the Taking of Ireland.

(Irish mythology) A loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of an Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages.


Lebor Gabála Érenn

Lebor Gabála Érenn
Lebor Gabála Érenn#English


Canola

Of Celtic origin, a misprint of Irish Cana Cludhmor.

(Celtic mythology) Mythical inventor of the harp.


selkie

(Celtic mythology) A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.


Sidhe

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

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.

Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.


sidhe

A supernatural creature of Irish and Scottish folklore, living in Sidhe; a fairy.


Áine

(Irish mythology) A goddess of love, growth, cattle and the sun.


Eithne

Eithne (genitive)
Eithne (mutation mutation-radical)
nEithne (eclipsis mutation)
hEithne (mutation prothesis-h)

→ English: Ena, Enya, Etna, Ethna

→ Scots: Edna

(Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Dealbhaeth, and the grandmother of Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.


Eithne

Eithne (mutation mutation-radical)
n-Eithne (eclipsis mutation)
h-Eithne (mutation prothesis-h)
t-Eithne (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish Eithne. Cognate with Old Norse Eðna.


kelpie

The dog breed derives from the name shared by the first two breeding bitches (dam and pup), which name derives from the mythological spirit.

He was a boy in form, and an antediluvian in feature. Some thought he was a mule, between a Jew and an ape; some a wizard, some a kelpie, or a fairy, but most of all, that he was really and truly a Brownie.

1828, James Hogg, The Brownie of the Black Haggs:

(Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.


Sabrina

(Celtic mythology) A legendary Celtic princess who gave her name to the river Severn.


Ankou

Borrowed from French Ankou, from Breton Ankoù.

(Celtic mythology) The personification of death in Celtic mythology.


Ankou

(Celtic mythology) Ankou (personification of death)


fiann

fiann (mutation mutation-radical)
fhiann (lenition mutation)
bhfiann (eclipsis mutation)

From Old Irish fían, from Proto-Celtic *weinā (“band of warriors”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Cognate with Latin vēnor (“I hunt”), Old English wynn (“joy, desire”) and Old Norse vinr (“friend”).

der

(obsolete, rare)
(historical, Irish mythology) a Fenian


Cían

Irish: Cian

English: Kian

Cían (mutation mutation-radical)
Chían (mutation mutation-nasal)
Cían (mutation)

Túatha Dé Danann
Túatha Dé Danann#Old_Irish

(Irish mythology) Son of Dían Cécht of the Túatha Dé Danann and born with a caul on his head. Best known as the father of Lugh Lámhfada by the Fomarian princess Ethniu.


afanc

A lake monster in Welsh mythology, described variously as resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf-like creature, and sometimes said to be a demon.


afanc

afancod (plural)
afanc (mutation mutation-radical)
hafanc (mutation prothesis-h)

From Proto-Brythonic *aβank, from Proto-Celtic *abankos (compare Breton avank, Irish abhac (“dwarf”)), from *abū (“river”). More at afon.


Aengus

Aengusa (genitive)
Aengus (mutation mutation-radical)
nAengus (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: Aonghas

Manx: Anghus

Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas, Aonghus

From Old Irish Oíngus, from oín (“one”), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (“strength, vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustu-, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (“choose”).

inh

(Irish mythology) The Gaelic god of love, youth, and poetic inspiration, son of the Dagdae and Boann of the Túatha Dé Danann.


Brigit

Brigte (genitive)
Brigite (genitive)
Brigit (nominative singular)
Brigit (singular vocative)
Brigti (accusative singular)
Brigiti (accusative singular)
Brigte (genitive singular)
Brigite (genitive singular)
Brigti (dative singular)
Brigiti (dative singular)
Brigit (mutation mutation-radical)
Brigit (mutation mutation-nasal)
mBrigit (mutation)

Irish: Bríd

Manx: Breeshey

Scottish Gaelic: Brìghde, Brìde

From Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).

(Irish mythology) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of the Dagdae of the Túatha Dé Danann.


Oíngus

Oíngusa (genitive)
Oíngus (nominative singular)
Oíngus (singular vocative)
Oíngus (accusative singular)
Oínguso (genitive singular)
Oíngusa (genitive singular)
Oíngus (dative singular)
Oíngus (mutation mutation-radical)
nOíngus (mutation)

Middle Irish: Oéngus, Aengus

Irish: Aonghas

Manx: Anghus

Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas, Aonghus

→ English: Angus

From oín (“one”), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (“strength, vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (“choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.
The name also appears in early Welsh (as Old Welsh Ungust and Middle Welsh Unwst), allowing Proto-Celtic *Oinogustus to be reconstructed.


Dagdae

Dagdae (nominative singular)
Dagdai (singular vocative)
Dagdae (accusative singular)
Dagdai (genitive singular)
Dagdu (dative singular)
Dagdae (mutation mutation-radical)
Dagdae (mutation mutation-nasal)
nDagdae (mutation)

Middle Irish: Dagda

English: Dagda

From Proto-Celtic *dago-dēwos (literally “good god”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰagʰo- (“shining”) + *deywós (“divinity”).

(Irish mythology) An important god in Irish mythology.


Clídna

Irish: Clíodhna, Clíona

Clídna (mutation mutation-radical)
Chlídna (mutation mutation-nasal)
Clídna (mutation)

(Irish mythology) A goddess of love and beauty, member of the Túatha Dé Danann.


Rúadán

Irish: Ruadhán

→ English: Rowan

Scottish Gaelic: Ruadhan

From Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive). By surface analysis, rúad (“red, reddish”) + -án.

surf

(Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Brigit and Bres.


Ruadhán

Ruadháin (genitive)
Ruadhán (indefinite nominative singular)
a Ruadháin (indefinite singular vocative)
Ruadháin (genitive indefinite singular)
Ruadhán (dative indefinite singular)
an Ruadhán (definite nominative singular)
an Ruadháin (definite genitive singular)
leis an Ruadhán (dative definite singular)
don Ruadhán (dative definite singular)

/ɾˠuːˈɑːn̪ˠ/

From Old Irish Rúadán, from Primitive Irish ᚏᚑᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (rodagni, genitive). By surface analysis, ruadh (“red, auburn”) + -án.

(Irish mythology) A character from Irish mythology, son of Bríd.


Núadu

Núadat (genitive)
Núadu (nominative singular)
Núadu (singular vocative)
Núadait (accusative singular)
Núadat (genitive singular)
Núadait (dative singular)

Middle Irish: Nuada

Irish: Nuadha

Núadu Airgetlám
Núadu Airgetlám#Old_Irish

(Irish mythology) Núadu Airgetlám, a king of the Túatha Dé Danann.


Banba

(Irish mythology) A patron goddess of Ireland.


Cú Chulainn

From Irish cú (“hound”) + Culann. The latter name could be related to Ancient Greek κυλλός (kullós, “crooked, crippled”).

cog

(Irish mythology) The pre-eminent hero of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle, almost undefeatable due to his spear the Gae Bulg, but cursed to reach an early grave; son of Lugh and Deichtine.


Cú Chulainn

Con Culainn (genitive)
Cú Chulainn (nominative singular)
Cú Chulainn (singular vocative)
Coin Culainn (accusative singular)
Con Culainn (genitive singular)
Coin Chulainn (dative singular)
Cú Chulainn (dative singular)

Middle Irish: Cú Chulainn

Irish: Cú Chulainn

Scottish Gaelic: Cù-Chulainn

→ English: Cúchulainn

From cú (“dog, hound”), a common element in some male Old Irish given names, and Culann, another male given name; hence the name means "Culann's hound". Mythologized by the Táin Bó Cúailnge, in which Cú Chulainn gains this moniker after an incident in which Cú Chulainn replaced a guard dog of Culann's that was killed in self-defense.

(Irish mythology) Cú Chulainn, a mythological hero.


ᚂᚒᚌ

desctree

Old Irish: Lug
Irish: Lú, Lugh (superseded)
→ English: Lugh
Scottish Gaelic: Lùgh

From earlier *ᚂᚒᚌᚒᚄ (*lugus), Proto-Celtic *Lugus.


síothshluagh

head

síothshluagh m (genitive singular síothshluaigh, nominative plural síothshluaigh)

síothshluaigh (genitive singular)
síothshluaigh (nominative plural)
síothshluagh (indefinite nominative singular)
síothshluaigh (indefinite nominative plural)
a shíothshluaigh (indefinite singular vocative)
a shíothshluagha (indefinite plural vocative)
síothshluaigh (genitive indefinite singular)
síothshluagh (genitive indefinite plural)
síothshluagh (dative indefinite singular)
síothshluaigh (dative indefinite plural)
an síothshluagh (definite nominative singular)
na síothshluaigh (definite nominative plural)
an tsíothshluaigh (definite genitive singular)
na síothshluagh (definite genitive plural)
leis an síothshluagh (dative definite singular)
don síothshluagh (dative definite singular)
leis na síothshluaigh (dative definite plural)
síothshluagh (mutation mutation-radical)
shíothshluagh (lenition mutation)
tsíothshluagh (lenition mutation)

sí (“fairy mound”) + slua (“army, host”)


merrow

Hiberno-English, from Irish murúch (“mermaid”).

(Celtic mythology, mythology) A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.


Tír na nÓg

Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna n-Óc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.

bor+

2013, John Jacob English, Fragile Blue, AuthorHouse, page 40,
In the old Irish folklore, this is a land where no one gets old or sick and where heroes live in comfort and tranquillity. But the land of Tír na nÓg only materialises to mere mortals at certain times, under certain circumstances.

2016, Christopher Collins, Theatre and Residual Culture, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), page 261,
Tír na nÓg is not an afterlife analogous to the Christian concept of heaven but an Otherworld of earthly paradise that is home to the genealogical ancestors of the fairies, the Tuatha Dé Danaan.

2020, Isabelle Torrance, Post-Ceasefire Antigones and Northern Ireland, Isabelle Torrance, Donncha O'Rourke (editors), Classics and Irish Politics, 1916–2016, Oxford University Press, page 338,
Grafting Tír na nÓg, the mythical land of eternal youth in Irish mythology, onto the Greek tragic tale is a stark and unexpected move.

(Irish mythology) The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).


Tír na nÓg

Tír na nÓg (mutation mutation-radical)
Thír na nÓg (lenition mutation)
dTír na nÓg (eclipsis mutation)

/ˌtʲiːɾˠ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ/

/ˌtʲiːɾˠ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠɔːɡ/

From Old Irish Tír inna n-Óc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.


Badb

Badb (nominative singular)
Badb (singular vocative)
Baidb (accusative singular)
Baidbe (genitive singular)
Baidb (dative singular)
Badb (mutation mutation-radical)
Badb (mutation mutation-nasal)
mBadb (mutation)

From Proto-Celtic *bodwā (“fight”), from the same root as *boudi (“victory”), compare Old Irish búaid (“victory”), Welsh budd (“profit”).

(Irish mythology) A goddess of battle and death, often appearing in the form of a hooded crow.

badbda

appertaining to war; Badb-like, deadly, fatal


Toutatis

From Gaulish. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people, nation”).

cog

(Celtic mythology) A god worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain.


Taranis

From the Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“thunder”), related to Proto-Germanic *þunraz.

(Celtic mythology) The Celtic god of thunder.


Belisama

(Celtic mythology) A goddess worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain.


Belisama

la-proper noun

Belisǎma f sg (genitive Belisǎmae); first declension

Belisǎma (canonical feminine singular)
Belisǎmae (genitive)
Belisama (nominative singular)
Belisamae (nominative plural)
Belisamae (genitive singular)
Belisamārum (genitive plural)
Belisamae (dative singular)
Belisamīs (dative plural)
Belisamam (accusative singular)
Belisamās (accusative plural)
Belisamā (ablative singular)
Belisamīs (ablative plural)
Belisama (singular vocative)
Belisamae (plural vocative)


Segomo

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of war worshipped in Gaul.


Nantosuelta

(Celtic mythology) A Gaulish goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility.


Aveta

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic mother goddess, a goddess of fresh water springs.


Artio

(Celtic mythology) The Celtic goddess of bears.


Rosmerta

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of fertility and abundance.


Alaunus

From Celtic/Gaulish name, possibly from Proto-Celtic *aleti (“to grow, nourish”). Or, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“to flow”); in either case, related to the city Altinum in Venetia.

der

(Celtic mythology) A Gaulish god of healing and prophecy.


Sucellus

From the Celtic/Gaulish name, represented as carrying a hammer, the god's name could mean "good striker," from Proto-Celtic *su- (“good”) + a root related to *kellāko- (“war, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to break, beat, strike”).

(Celtic mythology) The Gaulish god of agriculture, forests and alcoholic drink.


Ogmios

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of eloquence.


Borvo

From Latin attestation of the Gaulish and Lusitanian deity, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”).

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of healing associated with hot springs.


Maponos

Of Celtic origin, from Gaulish mapos (“son”) + the augmentative suffix -onos.

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of youth.


Grannus

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and of the sun.


Grannus

la-proper noun

Grannus m sg (genitive Grannī); second declension

Grannī (genitive)
Grannus (nominative singular)
Grannī (genitive singular)
Grannō (dative singular)
Grannum (accusative singular)
Grannō (ablative singular)
Granne (singular vocative)

A Celtic god often associated with Apollo


Damona

(Celtic mythology) The Celtic goddess of cows.


Andarta

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of warriors.


Andarta

Andarta f sg (genitive Andartae); first declension

Andartae (genitive)
Andarta (nominative singular)
Andartae (genitive singular)
Andartae (dative singular)
Andartam (accusative singular)
Andartā (ablative singular)
Andarta (singular vocative)

[än̪ˈd̪ärt̪ä]

[än̪ˈd̪ärt̪ä]


Sirona

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of healing associated with healing springs.


Sirona

Sirōna f sg (genitive Sirōnae); first declension

Sirōna (canonical feminine singular)
Sirōnae (genitive)
Sirōna (nominative singular)
Sirōnae (genitive singular)
Sirōnae (dative singular)
Sirōnam (accusative singular)
Sirōnā (ablative singular)
Sirōna (singular vocative)


Brigantia

Borrowed from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts, from the root *bʰerǵʰ-. Doublet of Bragança.

(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of victory.


Rhiannon

Rhiannon (mutation mutation-radical)
Riannon (mutation mutation-soft)

From Middle Welsh Rhiannon, from riein (“maiden”) (modern rhiain), first used in fiction.


Bebhionn

From Irish Bébinn, seemingly from bean (“woman”) + binn (“melodious”). More at Bébinn.

(Irish mythology) A goddess of birth in Irish mythology.


Fomorian

Probably Old Irish fo- 'under' + mor, mur 'ocean'.

(Irish mythology) A member of the semi-divine race that were said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.


Fomorian

(Irish mythology) Of or relating to the race of semi-divine creatures said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.


Nemausus

(Celtic mythology) The patron god of Nîmes during Roman times.


Morrígan

From mór (“great”) + rígan (“queen”). Some posit an (otherwise unattested) Old Irish mor cognate with Old English mare as in nightmare, with the compound meaning "phantom queen".


Fintan

(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the father of Cethern.


Danu

Learned borrowing from Old Irish, from a reconstructed nominative form of the genitive Danann (also spelled Donand or Danand).
In particular, Danann is attested in the term Tuatha Dé Danann, which is typically translated "tribe of Danu" but used as the collective name for certain Irish gods (or, more prosaically, the people of a particular wave of immigration to Ireland, in the traditional history).
The etymology is controversial and has been debated since the 19th century. Some scholars identify Danu with the goddess Anu, perhaps as a contraction of día Anu ("goddess Anu").

This [battle] appears in Celtic history as that in which the Tuatha dè Danann, the tribes of the goddess Danu fought and conquered the Fir Bolg on Midsummer's Day.

1897, The Westminster Review, Volume 148: July-December 1897, page 17:

The old poets thought that the tribes of the goddess Danu were of a perfect beauty, and the creators of beautiful people and beautiful arts.

1897, W. B. Yeats, “The Tribes of Danu”, in The New Review, Volume 17: July-December 1897, William Heinemann, page 550:

1987, Peter Alderson Smith, W. B. Yeats and the Tribes of Danu: Three Views of Ireland's Fairies, C. Smythe, page 52,
She may be the same as Danu, or she may be the same as the Morrigu.

(Irish mythology) A hypothesised goddess of Irish mythology.


Ártio

(Celtic mythology) Artio (goddess of bears)


ケット・シー

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cat Sìth (“Fairy Cat”), which is misconstructed as cait (“cat's”) + sìth (“fairy”).

2001 August 27, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)04(れいよん) 猫(ねこ)の王(おう)国(こく) [Navigation 04: Kingdom of the Cats]”, in AQUA(アクア) [Aqua], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 112:

The King of the Cats is known as the Cat Sìth

猫の王様は猫妖精といって


Nehalennia

Nehalennia f (genitive Nehalenniae); first declension

Nehalenniae (genitive)
Nehalennia (nominative singular)
Nehalenniae (nominative plural)
Nehalenniae (genitive singular)
Nehalenniārum (genitive plural)
Nehalenniae (dative singular)
Nehalenniīs (dative plural)
Nehalenniam (accusative singular)
Nehalenniās (accusative plural)
Nehalenniā (ablative singular)
Nehalenniīs (ablative plural)
Nehalennia (singular vocative)
Nehalenniae (plural vocative)

Translingual: Nehalennia

[ne(ɦ)äˈɫ̪ɛnːiä]

(mythology) A Celtic or Germanic goddess.


Coraniaid

(Celtic mythology) A race of beings from Welsh mythology, having such sharp hearing that they can hear any word carried by the wind and thus avoid danger.


Donn

Doinn (genitive)
Donn (indefinite nominative singular)
a Dhoinn (indefinite singular vocative)
Doinn (genitive indefinite singular)
Donn (dative indefinite singular)
an Donn (definite nominative singular)
an Doinn (definite genitive singular)
leis an Donn (dative definite singular)
don Donn (dative definite singular)
Donn (indefinite nominative singular)
a Dhuinn (indefinite singular vocative)
Duinn (genitive indefinite singular)
Donn (dative indefinite singular)
an Donn (definite nominative singular)
an Duinn (definite genitive singular)
leis an Donn (dative definite singular)
don Donn (dative definite singular)
Donn (mutation mutation-radical)
Dhonn (lenition mutation)
nDonn (eclipsis mutation)

From donn (“noble, prince”), from Old Irish, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.

(Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels


Rúraíocht

An Rúraíocht (canonical feminine)
na Rúraíochta (genitive)
Rúraíocht (indefinite nominative singular)
a Rúraíocht (indefinite singular vocative)
Rúraíochta (genitive indefinite singular)
Rúraíocht (dative indefinite singular)
an Rúraíocht (definite nominative singular)
na Rúraíochta (definite genitive singular)
leis an Rúraíocht (dative definite singular)
don Rúraíocht (dative definite singular)

(Irish mythology, literature) the Ulster Cycle


féinníocht

head

féinníocht f (genitive singular féinníochta)

féinníochta (genitive singular)
féinníocht (indefinite nominative singular)
a fhéinníocht (indefinite singular vocative)
féinníochta (genitive indefinite singular)
féinníocht (dative indefinite singular)
an fhéinníocht (definite nominative singular)
na féinníochta (definite genitive singular)
leis an bhféinníocht (dative definite singular)
don fhéinníocht (dative definite singular)
féinníocht (mutation mutation-radical)
fhéinníocht (lenition mutation)
bhféinníocht (eclipsis mutation)

Inherited from Old Irish fénnidecht. By surface analysis, féinní + -íocht.

Synonym of fiannaíocht (“service with ancient warrior band; service in Fianna; stories, lays, of the Fianna; ancient lore; romantic story-telling”)


fiannaíocht

fiannaíocht f (genitive singular fiannaíochta)

fiannaíochta (genitive singular)
fiannaíocht (indefinite nominative singular)
a fhiannaíocht (indefinite singular vocative)
fiannaíochta (genitive indefinite singular)
fiannaíocht (dative indefinite singular)
an fhiannaíocht (definite nominative singular)
na fiannaíochta (definite genitive singular)
leis an bhfiannaíocht (dative definite singular)
don fhiannaíocht (dative definite singular)
fiannaíocht (mutation mutation-radical)
fhiannaíocht (lenition mutation)
bhfiannaíocht (eclipsis mutation)

Inherited from Old Irish fíanaigecht. By surface analysis, fiann + -aíocht.


Latobius

la-proper noun

Lātobius m sg (genitive Lātobiī or Lātobī); second declension

Lātobius (canonical masculine singular)
Lātobiī (genitive)
Lātobī (genitive)
Lātobius (nominative singular)
Lātobiī (genitive singular)
Lātobī (genitive singular)
Lātobiō (dative singular)
Lātobium (accusative singular)
Lātobiō (ablative singular)
Lātobī (singular vocative)

[ɫ̪äːˈt̪ɔbiʊs̠]


Claíomh Solais

From Irish Claíomh Solais (literally “Sword of Light”).

bor

(Irish mythology) The "Sword of Light", one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann which belonged to Núadu.


Claíomh Solais

head

Claíomh Solais m (genitive Chlaíomh Solais)

Chlaíomh Solais (genitive)
Claíomh Solais (mutation mutation-radical)
Chlaíomh Solais (lenition mutation)
gClaíomh Solais (eclipsis mutation)

/klˠiːvˠ ˈsˠɔl̪ˠəʃ/


Visucius

la-proper noun

Visucius m sg (genitive Visuciī or Visucī); second declension

Visuciī (genitive)
Visucī (genitive)
Visucius (nominative singular)
Visuciī (genitive singular)
Visucī (genitive singular)
Visuciō (dative singular)
Visucium (accusative singular)
Visuciō (ablative singular)
Visucī (singular vocative)

[u̯ɪˈs̠ʊkiʊs̠]


Contrebis

Contrebis m sg (genitive Contrebis); third declension

Contrebis (genitive)
Contrebis (nominative singular)
Contrebis (genitive singular)
Contrebī (dative singular)
Contrebem (accusative singular)
Contrebe (ablative singular)
Contrebis (singular vocative)


Cissonius

Cissōnius m sg (genitive Cissōniī or Cissōnī); second declension

Cissōnius (canonical masculine singular)
Cissōniī (genitive)
Cissōnī (genitive)
Cissōnius (nominative singular)
Cissōniī (genitive singular)
Cissōnī (genitive singular)
Cissōniō (dative singular)
Cissōnium (accusative singular)
Cissōniō (ablative singular)
Cissōnī (singular vocative)


Manannan mac Lir

From Old Irish Manandán mac Lir. Cognate with Irish Manannán mac Lir.


dullahan

From Irish dulachán, from dubh (“black”) + another word (compare lucharachán (“elf, dwarf”)), possibly originally a term for a dark or sullen person (compare the surname Dullahan) and only subsequently applied to the spirit.

The dullahans always came in a mist. But Devin wasn't afraid of dullahans. If he saw one, he would club it over the head. But then Devin remembered that dullahans didn't have heads. He grasped his stick a little tighter in his hand, […]

1990, Elona Malterre, The Last Wolf of Ireland, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 3:

“A dullahan,” both Phelan and Coriel whispered. Coriel looked her square in the eye, “You did remember the gold, right?” ML blushed, “No, I didn't. I was so scared I just started running.” “Then how did you escape?” “My pocket tore on a bush. […] “You're lucky you're not dead anyway. The dullahan could have stopped or spoken your name, or both.”

2008, Jessica Borchardt, A Fairy Yarn, →ISBN, page 53:

There is no way to bar the road against a dullahan. All locks and gates open on their own when it approaches. Dullahans do not appreciate being watched while on their errands, throwing a basin of blood on those who dare to do so […]

2014, Tony Locke, Mayo Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN:

But the values of a fairy manifested into physical form in this city—a dullahan.” Celty Sturluson was not a human being. Celty was a type of fairy known as a dullahan that appeared to those close to death, signaling their impending demise.

2015, Ryohgo Narita, Durarara, volume 1, Yen Press LLC, →ISBN:

Because she is a dullahan, her head is not connected to her body—it's held in place by her gear.

2017, Kugane Maruyama, Satoshi Oshio, Overlord, volume 4, Yen Press LLC, →ISBN:

(fantasy, Irish mythology) A black-clad (usually male) horserider in Irish folklore which carries its severed head like a lantern and may be repelled by gold; when it stops riding (or calls out someone's name), someone will die. (Also called the Gan Ceann, Irish for "[one] without a head".)


milesiano

es-noun

milesiano m (plural milesianos, feminine milesiana, feminine plural milesianas)

milesianos (plural)
milesiana (feminine)
milesianas (feminine plural)

From Latin Mīlēsius, from Irish Míl in Míl Espáine.

(Irish mythology) Milesian, any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people


Medb

desctree

Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh
→ English: Maeve

Medb (mutation mutation-radical)
Medb (lenition mutation)

From Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.

Tancas o Ailill ocus o Meidb do chungid in chon.

c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

People were sent from Ailill and from Medb to ask for the dog.

a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle


Machae

Machae (genitive)
Machae (nominative singular)
Machae (singular vocative)
Machai (accusative singular)
Machae (genitive singular)
Machai (dative singular)
Machae (mutation mutation-radical)
also Mmachae after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
ending in a vowel (mutation mutation-radical)
Machae (mutation mutation-nasal)

Middle Irish: Macha

Irish: Macha

→ English: Macha

→ Latin: Machia

(Irish mythology) Macha, the name of a goddess in Irish mythology.


Temair

Temro (genitive)
Temrach (genitive)
Temair (nominative singular)
Temair (singular vocative)
Temair (accusative singular)
Temro (genitive singular)
Temra (genitive singular)
Temair (dative singular)
Temair (nominative singular)
Temair (singular vocative)
Temraig (accusative singular)
Temrach (genitive singular)
Temraig (dative singular)
Temair (mutation mutation-radical)
Themair (mutation mutation-nasal)
Temair (mutation)

Middle Irish: Temair

Irish: Teamhair

→ English: Tara

→ Latin: Temoria

/ˈtʲe.β̃ərʲ/

(Irish mythology) Tara (a hill in County Meath, Ireland) associated with burials, ancient monuments, and legendary kings of Ireland.


Firbolg

(Irish mythology) The fourth group of people to settle in Ireland, descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe.


Elatha

(Irish mythology) A king of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann, as well as Delbaeth, Ogma, Elloth (grandfather of Manannán mac Lir), and the Dagda by an unnamed mother.


Hafgan

(Celtic mythology) One of the kings of Annwn, the otherworld in Welsh mythology.


Annwn

(Celtic mythology) The otherworld in Welsh mythology, a place of delights and eternal youth.


Tailte

(Irish mythology) Alternative form of Tailtiu


Gráinne

Ghráinne (genitive)
Gráinne (mutation mutation-radical)
Ghráinne (lenition mutation)
nGráinne (eclipsis mutation)

/ˈɡɾˠɑːn̠ʲə/

/ˈɡɾˠaːn̠ʲə/

Possibly a derivative of Old Irish grán (“grain”) if originally the name of an agricultural goddess or a derivative of Middle Irish gráin (“awfulness, horror”) if the original sense was “she who inspires terror”.

der

The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne
w:The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne

(Irish mythology) Gráinne or Grania, the daughter of King Cormac mac Airt, one of the central figures in the stories Finn and Gráinne and The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne.


fear gortha

From Irish [Term?] (literally “man of hunger/famine”).

bor

(Irish mythology) A phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.


Lir

(Irish mythology) A personification of the sea in Irish mythology.


Blodeuwedd

(Celtic mythology) The wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology, made from flowers by the magicians Math and Gwydion.


féinní

head

féinní m (genitive singular féinní, nominative plural féinnithe)

féinní (genitive singular)
féinnithe (nominative plural)
féinní (indefinite nominative singular)
féinnithe (indefinite nominative plural)
a fhéinní (indefinite singular vocative)
a fhéinnithe (indefinite plural vocative)
féinní (genitive indefinite singular)
féinnithe (genitive indefinite plural)
féinní (dative indefinite singular)
féinnithe (dative indefinite plural)
an féinní (definite nominative singular)
na féinnithe (definite nominative plural)
an fhéinní (definite genitive singular)
na bhféinnithe (definite genitive plural)
leis an bhféinní (dative definite singular)
don fhéinní (dative definite singular)
leis na féinnithe (dative definite plural)
féinní (mutation mutation-radical)
fhéinní (lenition mutation)
bhféinní (eclipsis mutation)


Brìde

Brìde f (genitive Bhrìde, vocative a Bhrìde)

From Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *brigantī (“exalted one”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”).


Méabh

Méibhe (genitive)
Méabh (indefinite nominative singular)
a Mhéabh (indefinite singular vocative)
Méibhe (genitive indefinite singular)
Méabh (dative indefinite singular)
Méibh (archaic dative dialectal indefinite singular)
an Mhéabh (definite nominative singular)
na Méibhe (definite genitive singular)
leis an Méabh (dative definite singular)
leis an Méibh (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
don Mhéabh (dative definite singular)
don Mhéibh (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
Méabh (mutation mutation-radical)
Mhéabh (lenition mutation)

→ English: Maeve

From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.


凱爾派

/kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵¹/


ケルピー

[ke̞ɾɯ̟pʲiː]