forrán

Irish

Alternative forms

• urán

Etymology

From Old Irish forrán.

Noun

forrán m (genitive singular forráin, nominative plural forráin)

1. (literary) attack, assault; violence, aggression

Declension

Declension of forrán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative forrán forráin vocative a fhorráin a fhorrána genitive forráin forrán dative forrán forráin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an forrán na forráin genitive an fhorráin na bhforrán dative leis an bhforrán don fhorrán leis na forráin

Derived terms

• forrán a chur ar (dhuine) (“to accost, address (someone)”)

Related terms

• forránach, forránta (“violent, aggressive; bold, forward, assertive”, adjective)
• forránach m (“bold, assertive, person; forward young fellow; big strong person”, noun)
• forrántacht f (“aggressiveness; boldness, forwardness”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of forrán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
forrán	fhorrán	bhforrán

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) “forrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forrán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forrán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024