fuascailt

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuaslacadh
• fuascladh (Ulster)
• fuasgailt, fuasgaladh, fuasgladh (obsolete)

Etymology

From fuascail +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəsˠkəlʲtʲ/
• (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

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.

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