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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish osclaid (compare Munster, Connacht, and Standard Irish oscail), fosclaid (compare Ulster Irish foscail, Manx foshil), from Old Irish oslaicid (“opens; lets loose, releases”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fosgail (past dh'fhosgail, future fosglaidh, verbal noun fosgladh, past participle fosgailte)
- open
Derived terms