skeeal
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish scél (Compare Irish scéal, Scottish Gaelic sgeul), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlo- (compare Welsh chwedl).
Noun
skeeal m (genitive skeeal, plural skeealyn)
- story
- news
- Hie yn skeeal magh. The news got abroad.
- Insh yn skeeal da. Break the news to him.
- narrative
- fynn-skeeal, coloured narrative
Derived terms
- lioar skeeal (“storybook”)
- skeeal giare (“short story”)
- skeeal graih (“love story”)
- skeeal paitçhey (“nursery tale”)