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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
ùr- + sgeul
Noun
uirsgeul m (genitive singular uirsgeil, plural uirsgeulan)
- legend, myth; tale, romance; fable, folktale; novel
- news, intelligence
- recent account
- tale of recent times, modern tale
- fiction (type of literature)
- 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