fuascail

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish fúasclaid (release, redeem), a late form of fúaslaici, fúasailci formed by metathesis, from Old Irish do·fúasailci (release, dissolve), through loss of the first preverb. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fuasgail.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fuascail (present analytic fuasclaíonn, future analytic fuasclóidh, verbal noun fuascailt, past participle fuascailte)

  1. to deliver (set free), free, liberate, release, emancipate, extricate
    Synonym: saor
  2. to ransom (pay a price to set someone free), redeem (liberate by payment of ransom)
  3. to redeem (recover ownership of something by paying a sum, set free by force, convert into cash)
  4. to solve (find an answer or solution), answer (a question)
  5. to clear up (clarify, correct a misconception)
  6. (military) to relieve (bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuascail fhuascail bhfuascail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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