finscéal

Irish

Alternative forms
  • finnscéal, finn-scéal, finnsceul, finnsgéal, finn-sgéal, finnsgeul (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish findscél, from Old Irish finn (“fair”) + scél (“story”).

Noun

finscéal m (genitive singular finscéil, nominative plural finscéalta)

  1. legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events)
  2. fable (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  3. fairy tale (folktale)
  4. fanciful story, romantic tale

Declension
Declension of finscéal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative finscéal finscéalta
Vocative a fhinscéil a fhinscéalta
Genitive finscéil finscéalta
Dative finscéal finscéalta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an finscéal na finscéalta
Genitive an fhinscéil na bhfinscéalta
Dative leis an bhfinscéal

don fhinscéal

 leis na finscéalta

Derived terms
  • is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal (“truth is stranger than fiction”)
  • finscéalach
  • finscéalaí
  • finscéalaíocht

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
finscéal fhinscéal bhfinscéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “finscéal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading
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