uirsgeul

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See also: ùirsgeul

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

ùr- +‎ sgeul

Noun

uirsgeul m (genitive singular uirsgeil, plural uirsgeulan)

  1. legend, myth; tale, romance; fable, folktale; novel
  2. news, intelligence
  3. recent account
  4. tale of recent times, modern tale
  5. fiction (type of literature)
  6. blarney

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References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uirsgeul”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN