Reconstruction:Middle Irish/soiscél

This Middle Irish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Middle Irish

Etymology

so- (“good”) +‎ scél (“news”), a calque of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). See also Old Irish soiscélae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsoɕkʲeːl/

Noun

*soiscél m (Christianity)

gospel, good tidings
gospel (book of the Bible)
evangelist

Descendants

Irish: soiscéal
Manx: sushtal
Scottish Gaelic: soisgeul

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
soiscél	ṡoiscél	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “soiscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.