uirscéal
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish airscél (“famous tale; (edifying) story, parable”).
Noun
edituirscéal m (genitive singular uirscéil, nominative plural uirscéalta)
Declension
editDeclension of uirscéal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
edit- (fable): fabhal f, fabhalscéal m, finscéal m
- (apologue): apalóg f, fabhalscéal m, fáithscéal m
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uirscéal | n-uirscéal | huirscéal | t-uirscéal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uirscéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language