scéalach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From scéal (“story, news”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]scéalach (genitive singular masculine scéalaigh, genitive singular feminine scéalaí, plural scéalacha, comparative scéalaí)
- news-bearing, gossiping
- Bíonn siúlach scéalach. (proverb)
- Travel broadens the mind.
- (literally, “A traveller is full of stories.”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | scéalach | scéalach | scéalacha | |
| vocative | scéalaigh | scéalacha | ||
| genitive | scéalaí | scéalacha | scéalach | |
| dative | scéalach | scéalach; scéalaigh (archaic) |
scéalacha | |
| Comparative | níos scéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is scéalaí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- scéalaíocht (“story-telling; talebearing; gossip”)
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scéalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “scéalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024