uirsgeul

See also: ùirsgeul

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ùirsgeul
• uisgeul
• ùr-sgeul

Etymology

ùr- +‎ sgeul

Noun

uirsgeul m (genitive singular uirsgeil, plural uirsgeulan)

1. legend, myth; tale, romance; fable, folktale; novel
2. news, intelligence
3. recent account
4. tale of recent times, modern tale
5. fiction (type of literature)
6. blarney

Synonyms

• (fiction): ficsean

Derived terms

• uirsgeulach (“fictional; legendary”)
• uirsgeulachd f (“fiction”)
• ùirsgeulaiche m (“novelist”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uirsgeul”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN