forránta
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish forránta; forrán (“attack, assault; violence, aggression”) + -ta.
Adjective[edit]
forránta
- Synonym of forránach (“violent, aggressive; bold, forward, assertive”)
- formidable
- Synonyms: do-iongabhála, iontach, ollmhór, scanrúil
- redoubtable
- Synonym: mórghníomhach
Derived terms[edit]
- forrántacht f (“aggressiveness; boldness, forwardness”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| forránta | fhorránta | bhforránta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forránach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “forránta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language