Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fuascail +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fuascailt f (genitive singular fuascailte, nominative plural fuascailtí)

  1. verbal noun of fuascail
  2. deliverance, release (setting free)
  3. redemption (recovery of a pawned article), ransom (release of a captive or captured property)
  4. relief (aid or assistance offered in time of need)
  5. solution (of a problem), answer (to a question)
  6. liberation, emancipation

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuascailt fhuascailt bhfuascailt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaslacadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fuasclaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  3. ^ fuascailt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

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