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

Terms derived from skeeal

fynn-skeeal (“coloured narrative”)
lioar skeeal (“storybook”)

skeeal giare (“short story”)
skeeal graih (“love story”)

skeeal paitçhey (“nursery tale”)

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