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fuascail.

to deliver (set free), free, liberate, release, emancipate, extricate

8 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈfˠuəsˠkəlʲ/
  1. to deliver (set free), free, liberate, release, emancipate, extricate

  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. to relieve (bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on)

Where this word comes from

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.

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