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''In [[Old Irish|Old]] and [[Middle Irish]], the race is usually called the '''''Fomoire''''' or '''''Fomoiri''''' (plural), and an individual member is called a ''Fomoir'' (singular). In Middle Irish, they are also called the '''''Fomóraiġ''''' (plural) and a ''Fomórach'' (singular). This is spelt '''''Fomhóraigh''''' (plural) and ''Fomhórach'' (singular) in Modern Irish. In English, they are often called the '''Fomorians''', '''Fomori''' or '''Fomors'''.
''The etymology of the name is debated. The first part is now generally agreed to be the Old Irish ''fo'', meaning under, below, lower, beneath, nether, etc. The meaning of the second part is unclear. One suggestion is that it comes from the Old Irish ''mur'' (sea), and that the name thus means something like "the undersea ones".<ref>Rhys, ''Lectures on the origin and growth of religion'' (1888), p. 591.</ref> This was the interpretation offered by some medieval Irish writers.<ref>[[O'Mulconry's Glossary]] in Dublin, TCD MS 1317, p. 42b, has "Fomoir .i. fo mhuir ut alii putant, ł a fomo fl{?}o ambiae fl{?}i acain a quo nominatunt{?}." ''[http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/irishglossaries/texts.php?versionID=12&ref=109#109 Early Irish Glossaries Database]''.</ref> Another suggestion is that it comes from ''mór'' (great/big) and means something like "the great under(world) ones", "the under(world) giants" or "the nether giants". A third suggestion, which has more support among scholars, is that it comes from a hypothetical Old Irish term for a demon or phantom, found in the name of [[The Morrígan]] and cognate with the archaic English word "[[Mare (folklore)|mare]]" (which survives in "nightmare").<ref>Stokes, "Second Battle of Moytura." p. 128.</ref><ref>Thurneysen, ''Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert''. 2 vols. Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1921: 64.</ref> The name would thus mean something like "under(world) demons" or "nether demons". Building on this, [[Marie-Louise Sjoestedt]] interprets the name as meaning "inferior" or "latent demons", saying the Fomorians are "like the powers of chaos, ever latent and hostile to cosmic order".<ref name=sjoestedt/>
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