forás

See also: foras and föras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish forás (“growth, increase”).

Noun

forás m (genitive singular foráis)

1. growth, development; progress

   Synonyms: breisiú, fás

Declension

Declension of forás (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative forás vocative a fhoráis genitive foráis dative forás forms with the definite article case singular nominative an forás genitive an fhoráis dative leis an bhforás don fhorás

Mutation

Mutated forms of forás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
forás	fhorás	bhforás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024