Reconstruction:Middle Irish/soiscél
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Middle Irish
editEtymology
editso- (“good”) + scél (“news”), a calque of Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). See also Old Irish soiscélae.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*soiscél m (Christianity)
- gospel, good tidings
- gospel (book of the Bible)
- evangelist
Descendants
editMutation
editMiddle 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