sroigell

Old Irish

Etymology

Presumably ultimately from Latin flagellum, but intermediate forms are uncertain; compare Welsh ffrewyll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsroɣʲel͈/

Noun

sroigell n (genitive sroigill)

1. scourge (whip)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sroigellN	sroigellN	sroigle, sroigella
vocative	sroigellN	sroigellN	sroigle, sroigella
accusative	sroigellN	sroigellN	sroigle, sroigella
genitive	sroigillL	sroigell	sroigellN
dative	sroigellL	sroiglib	sroiglib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• sroiglid

Descendants

• Irish: sroigheall

Mutation

Mutation of sroigell

radical	lenition	nasalization
sroigell	ṡroigell	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “sroigell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language