soiscéal
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish *soiscél.
Noun
editsoiscéal m (genitive singular soiscéil, nominative plural soiscéil)
- (Christianity) gospel
- (subject of) sermon, discussion, gossip
- Alternative form of soscéala
Declension
editDeclension of soiscéal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- soiscéalach (“evangelical”, adjective)
- soiscéalaí (“evangelist; preacher”)
- soiscéalaigh (“preach the gospel; preach”, verb)
- Soiscéil Shionoptacha (“Synoptic Gospels”)
Related terms
edit- soiscéalaíocht (“(act of) preaching the Gospel; evangelization”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soiscéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gospel”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language