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Irish
Etymology
From scéal (“story, news”) + -ach.
Adjective
scéalach (genitive singular masculine scéalaigh, genitive singular feminine scéalaí, plural scéalacha, comparative scéalaí)
- news-bearing, gossiping
- bíonn siúlach scéalach ― travel broadens the mind
Declension
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “scéalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “scéalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024