fuascailt

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuaslacadh^[1]
• fuascladh (Ulster)^[2]
• fuasgailt, fuasgaladh, fuasgladh (obsolete)^[3]

Etymology

From fuascail +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəsˠkəlʲtʲ/^[4]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəsˠkəl̠ʲtʲ/

Noun

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

Declension of fuascailt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fuascailt fuascailtí vocative a fhuascailt a fhuascailtí genitive fuascailte fuascailtí dative fuascailt fuascailtí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhuascailt na fuascailtí genitive na fuascailte na bhfuascailtí dative leis an bhfuascailt don fhuascailt leis na fuascailtí

Derived terms

• urfhuascailt

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuascailt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuascailt	fhuascailt	bhfuascailt

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

References

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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuascailt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 338
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuascailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN