forás

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See also: foras and föras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish forás (“growth, increase”).

Noun

forás m (genitive singular foráis)

  1. growth, development; progress
    Synonyms: breisiú, fás

Declension

Declension of forás (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative forás
vocative a fhoráis
genitive foráis
dative forás
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an forás
genitive an fhoráis
dative leis an bhforás
don fhorás

Mutation

Mutated forms of forás
radical lenition eclipsis
forás fhorás bhforás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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