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)

1. gospel, good tidings
2. gospel (book of the Bible)
3. 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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language