soisgéul

See also: soisgeul

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiscél.

Verb

soisgéul (verbal noun soisgéuladh)

1. (Christianity, obsolete) preach the gospel, proclaim the good news

Usage notes

This form (without the -aigh suffix) is used in the Irish translation of the Bible by William Bedell and William Daniel. The Dictionary of the Irish Language lists it under the spelling soiscélaid, which is an archaism based on normalized Old Irish spellings. However, this verb is not attested until Early Modern Irish.

Synonyms

• soiscéalaigh (contemporary form)

Mutation

Mutated forms of soisgéul

radical	lenition	eclipsis
soisgéul	shoisgéul after an, tsoisgéul	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

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