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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.

Further reading edit