skeeal

Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

skeeal m (genitive singular skeeal, plural skeealyn)

  1. story
  2. news
    Hie yn skeeal magh. ― The news got abroad.
    Insh yn skeeal da. ― Break the news to him.
  3. narrative

Derived terms
  • fynn-skeeal (“coloured narrative”)
  • lioar skeeal (“storybook”)
  • skeeal giare (“short story”)
  • skeeal graih (“love story”)
  • skeeal paitçhey (“nursery tale”)
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