fosgail
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish osclaid (compare Munster, Connacht, and Standard Irish oscail), fosclaid (compare Ulster Irish foscail, Manx foshil), from Old Irish oslaicid (“opens; lets loose, releases”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔskal/
Verb
fosgail (past dh'fhosgail, future fosglaidh, verbal noun fosgladh, past participle fosgailte)
- open
Derived terms
- fosglair chanastairean (“can opener”)