soiscéal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • suibhisgéal
  • suibhiscéal

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiscél.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /siːʃˈceːlˠ/[1] (as if spelled suibhiscéal)

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
singular plural
nominative soiscéal soiscéil
vocative a shoiscéil a shoiscéala
genitive soiscéil soiscéal
dative soiscéal soiscéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an soiscéal na soiscéil
genitive an tsoiscéil na soiscéal
dative leis an soiscéal
don soiscéal 		leis na soiscéil

Derived terms

  • soiscéalach (“evangelical”, adjective)
  • soiscéalaí (“evangelist; preacher”)
  • soiscéalaigh (“preach the gospel; preach”, verb)
  • Soiscéil Shionoptacha (“Synoptic Gospels”)
  • soiscéalaíocht (“(act of) preaching the Gospel; evangelization”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of soiscéal
radical lenition eclipsis
soiscéal shoiscéal
after an, tsoiscéal 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 283, page 99; reprinted 1988
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