Irish

Noun

sgeul m ‎(genitive singular sgéil, nominative plural sgeulta)

1. Obsolete spelling of scéal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish scél (compare Irish scéal, Manx skeeal), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom (compare Welsh chwedl, a loanword from Proto-Goidelic), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to say”).

Noun

sgeul m ‎(genitive singular sgeòil, plural sgeòil or sgeulan)

1. story, tale
2. news, information, tidings, report
3. (informal) sign (of somebody or something)

   A bheil sgeul oirre?‎ ― Is there any sign of her?

Synonyms

• (story): stòiridh
• (news): naidheachd

Derived terms