forránta
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]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| forránta | fhorránta | bhforránta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forránach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forránta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language