forránta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish forránta; forrán (“attack, assault; violence, aggression”) +‎ -ta.

Adjective

forránta

Synonym of forránach (“violent, aggressive; bold, forward, assertive”)
formidable
Synonyms: do-iongabhála, iontach, ollmhór, scanrúil
redoubtable
Synonym: mórghníomhach

Derived terms

forrántacht f (“aggressiveness; boldness, forwardness”)

Mutation

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

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

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