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{{also|sidhe|sìdhe}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
From an [[ellipsis]] of {{uder|en|ga|-}} ''[[aos sídhe]]'' (''people of the fairy mound'').

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ʃiː/}}
* {{rhymes|en|iː|s=1}}
* {{homophone|en|she|sidhe|Xi}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|en|proper nouns}}

# Mythical hills of [[Irish]] and [[Scottish]] folklore, home of the [[sidhe]] race; fairyland, [[faerie]]. {{defdate|From 1793}}
#* '''1906''', [[w:Augusta, Lady Gregory|Augusta, Lady Gregory]], ''[[s:A Book of Saints and Wonders/Columcille|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.
# ''Alternative capitalization of [[sidhe]].''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1914|author=w:William Butler Yeats|title=s:Rosa alchemica|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2001|author=w:Mercedes Lackey; w:Rosemary Edghill|title=Spirits White as Lightning|sectionurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ispqCirVSvQC&pg=PT46&dq=%22sidhe%22&hl=en&ei=D3tHTrfUB8WdmQWgt_XuBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q=%22sidhe%22&f=false|section=page not numbered
|passage=“‘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===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dehis|deshi|Ihdes|shide|hides|Heids|shied|Shide}}

{{C|en|Irish mythology}}