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)

1. story
2. news

   Hie yn skeeal magh. ― The news got abroad.

   Insh yn skeeal da. ― Break the news to him.

3. narrative

Derived terms

• fynn-skeeal (“coloured narrative”)
• lioar skeeal (“storybook”)
• skeeal giare (“short story”)
• skeeal graih (“love story”)
• skeeal paitçhey (“nursery tale”)