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Síthmaith (Modern ga, Síothmhaith or ) is an
Irish-language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the ...
feminine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
derived ."Síthmaith." Behind the Name. Mike Campbell. Retrieved 21 January 2013. . The name Síthmaith was used in early medieval
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Síthmaith of Clonboreann (died 771) was an attested bearer of the name. It translates as ''good spirit''.


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List of Irish-language given names This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (''Gaeilge'') given names and Anglicized or Latinized forms, with English equivalents. Some English-language names derive directly from the Irish: Kathleen = Caitlín, Shaun = Seán. S ...
* Irish language revivalism


References

* http://www.medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Sithmaith.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Sithmaith Irish-language feminine given names Feminine given names