fuascailt

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Derived terms

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, page 495; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  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

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