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)
- story
- news
- Hie yn skeeal magh. ― The news got abroad.
- Insh yn skeeal da. ― Break the news to him.
- narrative
Derived terms
- fynn-skeeal (“coloured narrative”)
- lioar skeeal (“storybook”)
- skeeal giare (“short story”)
- skeeal graih (“love story”)
- skeeal paitçhey (“nursery tale”)