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