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

"forránach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“forránta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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