"finscéal" meaning in Irish

See finscéal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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”) 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-mut}} Forms: finscéil [genitive, singular], finscéalta [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], finscéal [indefinite, singular], finscéalta [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a fhinscéil [indefinite, singular], a fhinscéalta [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], finscéil [indefinite, singular], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an finscéal [definite, singular], na finscéalta [definite, plural], genitive [definite], an fhinscéil [definite, singular], na bhfinscéalta [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an bhfinscéal [definite, singular], don fhinscéal [definite, singular], leis na finscéalta [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], finscéal [error-unrecognized-form], fhinscéal [error-unrecognized-form], bhfinscéal [error-unrecognized-form]
  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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 18 9 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 15 16 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 10 15 13
  2. fable (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-y~3Twmpr
  3. fairy tale (folktale) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Folklore, Literature
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-nqgOAyaa Disambiguation of Folklore: 7 8 75 10 Disambiguation of Literature: 16 30 43 10
  4. fanciful story, romantic tale Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-finscéal-ga-noun-yh1l7B91
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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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "truth is stranger than fiction",
      "word": "is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finscéalach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "finscéil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finscéalta",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "finscéal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "vocative",
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      "form": "a fhinscéil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "an fhinscéil",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "na bhfinscéalta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfinscéal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhinscéal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis na finscéalta",
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      "form": "fhinscéal",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "parents": [
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            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
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          "fairy tale",
          "fairy tale"
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          "fanciful"
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        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
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          "tale",
          "tale"
        ]
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    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finnscéal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finn-scéal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finnsceul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finnsgéal"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finn-sgéal"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "finnsgeul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finscéal"
}
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "english": "truth is stranger than fiction",
      "word": "is iontaí fírinne ná finscéal"
    },
    {
      "word": "finscéalach"
    },
    {
      "word": "finscéalaí"
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    {
      "word": "finscéalaíocht"
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    {
      "form": "finscéil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finscéalta",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "indefinite"
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    {
      "form": "finscéal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "finscéalta",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "vocative",
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      "form": "a fhinscéil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
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    },
    {
      "form": "finscéil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "an finscéal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "finnscéal"
    },
    {
      "word": "finn-scéal"
    },
    {
      "word": "finnsceul"
    },
    {
      "word": "finnsgéal"
    },
    {
      "word": "finn-sgéal"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "finnsgeul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finscéal"
}

Download raw JSONL data for finscéal meaning in Irish (4.8kB)

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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 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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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