Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fuamhaire

Noun

famhair m ‎(genitive singular famhair, plural famhairean)

1. giant
2. champion
3. molecatcher
4. (Uist) bogle

Derived terms

• ban-fhamhair ‎(“giantess”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “fomóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.