finscéal
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish findscél, from Old Irish finn (“fair”) + scél (“story”).
Noun edit
finscéal m (genitive singular finscéil, nominative plural finscéalta)
- legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events)
- fable (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
- fairy tale (folktale)
- fanciful story, romantic tale
Declension edit
Declension of finscéal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal (“truth is stranger than fiction”)
- finscéalach
- finscéalaí
- finscéalaíocht
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
finscéal | fhinscéal | bhfinscéal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 finn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “finnscéal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 315
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “finscéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN