An difríocht idir athruithe ar: "Fomhóraigh"

''TheNíltear etymologyar ofan thethuairim ó thaobh namena issanasaíochta debatedde. TheIs firstléir partanois isdhó nowbhfuil generallyan agreedchéad tochuid befréamhaithe theón Old IrishtSean-Ghaeilge ''fo'', meaning under, below, lower, beneath, nether, etc(faoi). TheIs meaningdoiléir ofé thebrí secondan partdara iscuid, unclearáfach. OneMoltar suggestionde isréir thatscríbhneoirí itna comesmeánaoise fromgo themb'fhéidir Oldgo Irishraibh ''mur'' (seamuir), andi thatgceist, thele namebrí thus means something likeiomlán "thedaoine underseafaoin ones"fharraige.<ref>Rhys, ''Lectures on the origin and growth of religion'' (1888), plch. 591.</ref> This was the interpretation offered by some medieval Irish writers.<ref>Feictear in [[O'Mulconry's Glossary]], inBaile DublinÁtha Cliath, TCD MS 1317, plch. 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/>