foawr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish fomóir (“Fomorian, giant”) (compare Scottish Gaelic famhair).

Noun

foawr m (genitive singular foawir, plural foawir)

1. giant

Derived terms

• foawragh

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fomóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language