Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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Mutation

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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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