soiscéal

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiscél.

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 case singular plural nominative soiscéal soiscéil vocative a shoiscéil a shoiscéala genitive soiscéil soiscéal dative soiscéal soiscéil forms with the definite article case 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”)

Related terms

• 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soiscéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gospel”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiscél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language