fo-scéal

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“minor, lesser”) +‎ scéal (“story”).

Noun

fo-scéal m (genitive singular fo-scéil, nominative plural fo-scéalta)

1. minor tale
2. minor matter, by-issue
3. interlude

   Synonym: fo-eachtra

Declension

Declension of fo-scéal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fo-scéal fo-scéalta vocative a fho-scéil a fho-scéalta genitive fo-scéil fo-scéalta dative fo-scéal fo-scéalta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fo-scéal na fo-scéalta genitive an fho-scéil na bhfo-scéalta dative leis an bhfo-scéal don fho-scéal leis na fo-scéalta

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-scéal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-scéal	fho-scéal	bhfo-scéal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-scéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fo-scéal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm