fuascail

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuascail
radical lenition eclipsis
fuascail fhuascail bhfuascail

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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