sgeul

Irish

Noun

sgeul m (genitive singular sgéil, nominative plural sgeulta)

Obsolete spelling of scéal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish scél (compare Irish scéal, Manx skeeal), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom (compare Welsh chwedl, a loanword from Proto-Goidelic), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Noun

sgeul m (genitive singular sgeòil, plural sgeòil or sgeulan)

story, tale
news, information, tidings, report
(informal) sign (of somebody or something)
A bheil sgeul oirre? ― Is there any sign of her?

Synonyms

(story): stòiridh
(news): naidheachd

Derived terms

eadar dà sgeul (“by the way”)
eadar-sgeul (“episode”)
fionnsgeul (“legend”)
sgeulachd (“story, tale, romance; legend, fable, saga”)
uirsgeul (“legend, myth; fable, folktale; fiction”)

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