forránach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish forránach; forrán (“attack, assault; violence, aggression”) + -ach.
Adjective
editforránach (genitive singular masculine forránaigh, genitive singular feminine forránaí, plural forránacha, comparative forránaí)
Declension
editDeclension of forránach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | forránach | fhorránach | forránacha; fhorránacha² | |
Vocative | fhorránaigh | forránacha | ||
Genitive | forránaí | forránacha | forránach | |
Dative | forránach; fhorránach¹ |
fhorránach; fhorránaigh (archaic) |
forránacha; fhorránacha² | |
Comparative | níos forránaí | |||
Superlative | is forránaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
edit- forrántacht f (“aggressiveness; boldness, forwardness”)
Noun
editforránach m (genitive singular forránaigh, nominative plural forránaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of forránach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
forránach | fhorránach | bhforránach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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), “forránach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language