oscail

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish osclaid, oslaicid, from Old Irish as·oilgi (opens; lets loose, releases), from ess- + od- + léicid.

Pronunciation

Verb

oscail (present analytic osclaíonn, future analytic osclóidh, verbal noun oscailt, past participle oscailte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) open

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oscail n-oscail hoscail not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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