Reconstruction:Middle Irish/soiscél
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Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
so- (“good”) + scél (“news”), a calque of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). See also Old Irish soiscélae.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*soiscél m (Christianity)
- gospel, good tidings
- gospel (book of the Bible)
- evangelist
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language