uirscéal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airscél (“famous tale; (edifying) story, parable”).

Noun

uirscéal m (genitive singular uirscéil, nominative plural uirscéalta)

1. (literary) story, fable
2. famous tale
3. apologue

Declension

Declension of uirscéal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uirscéal uirscéalta Vocative a uirscéil a uirscéala Genitive uirscéil uirscéal Dative uirscéal uirscéalta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uirscéal na huirscéalta Genitive an uirscéil na n-uirscéal Dative leis an uirscéal don uirscéal leis na huirscéalta

Synonyms

• (fable): fabhal f, fabhalscéal m, finscéal m
• (apologue): apalóg f, fabhalscéal m, fáithscéal m

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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