sgeul

Irish

Noun

sgeul m (genitive singular sgéil, nominative plural sgeulta)

1. 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)

1. story, tale
2. news, information, tidings, report
3. (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”)