soiscéal

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiscél.

Noun

soiscéal m (genitive singular soiscéil, nominative plural soiscéil)

1. (Christianity) gospel
2. (subject of) sermon, discussion, gossip
3. Alternative form of soscéala

Declension

Declension of soiscéal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative soiscéal soiscéil Vocative a shoiscéil a shoiscéala Genitive soiscéil soiscéal Dative soiscéal soiscéil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an soiscéal na soiscéil Genitive an tsoiscéil na soiscéal Dative leis an soiscéal don soiscéal leis na soiscéil

Derived terms

• Soiscéil Shionoptacha (“Synoptic Gospels”)
• soiscéalach (“evangelical”, adjective)
• soiscéalaí (“evangelist; preacher”)
• soiscéalaigh (“preach the gospel; preach”, verb)

Related terms

• soiscéalaíocht (“(act of) preaching the Gospel; evangelization”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
soiscéal	shoiscéal after an, tsoiscéal	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soiscéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gospel”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “soiscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language