"finscéal" meaning in Irish

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle Irish findscél, from Old Irish finn (“fair”) + scél (“story”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=say}}, {{inh|ga|mga|findscél}} Middle Irish findscél, {{der|ga|sga|finn|t=fair}} Old Irish finn (“fair”), {{m|sga|scél|t=story}} scél (“story”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|finscéil|||||||nominative plural|finscéalta|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} finscéal m (genitive singular finscéil, nominative plural finscéalta), {{ga-noun|m|finscéil|~ta}} finscéal m (genitive singular finscéil, nominative plural finscéalta) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|f|inscéal|inscéil|pl=inscéalta|strong=yes}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: finscéil [genitive, singular], finscéalta [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], finscéal [indefinite, nominative, singular], finscéalta [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhinscéil [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhinscéalta [indefinite, plural, vocative], finscéil [genitive, indefinite, singular], finscéalta [genitive, indefinite, plural], finscéal [dative, indefinite, singular], finscéalta [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an finscéal [definite, nominative, singular], na finscéalta [definite, nominative, plural], an fhinscéil [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfinscéalta [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfinscéal [dative, definite, singular], don fhinscéal [dative, definite, singular], leis na finscéalta [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], finscéal [mutation, mutation-radical], fhinscéal [lenition, mutation], bhfinscéal [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-lbsdwVs7 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 28 14
  2. fable (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-y~3Twmpr Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 28 14
  3. fairy tale (folktale) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Folklore, Literature
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-nqgOAyaa Disambiguation of Folklore: 7 9 74 10 Disambiguation of Literature: 11 33 43 13 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 28 14
  4. fanciful story, romantic tale Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-yh1l7B91 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 28 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: finnscéal, finn-scéal, finnsceul, finnsgéal, finn-sgéal, finnsgeul [obsolete] Derived forms: is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal (english: truth is stranger than fiction), finscéalach, finscéalaí, finscéalaíocht

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      "english": "truth is stranger than fiction",
      "word": "is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal"
    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finnscéal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "english": "truth is stranger than fiction",
      "word": "is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal"
    },
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    {
      "word": "finnsgéal"
    },
    {
      "word": "finn-sgéal"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "finnsgeul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finscéal"
}

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  "path": [
    "finscéal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "finscéal",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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