forrit

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English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

forrit (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland) Forwards, forward.
    • 1817, James Hogg, The Brownie of Bodsbeck, published 1833, page 16:
      I was just standin looking about me amang the lang hags that lead out frae the head o' the North Grain, and considering what could be wort of a' the sheep, when I noticed my dog, Reaver, gaun coursing away forrit as he had been setting a fox.
    • 1828, "Mansie Wauch" (David Macbeth Moir), The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, page 132,
      All o' a sudden I sees a light coming dancing forrit amang the trees; and my hair began to stand up on end. Then, in the next moment, save us a'! I sees anither light, and forrit, forrit they baith cam, like the een of some great fiery monster, let loose frae the pit o' darkness by its maister, to seek whom it might devour.
    • 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men & Other Stories, published 2006, page 67:
      Lang or that, she had had a wean to a dragoon; she hadnae come forrit[presented as a communicant] for maybe thretty year; and bairns had seen her mumblin' to hersel' up on Key's Loan in the gloamin', whilk was an unco time an' place for a God-fearin' woman.

Faroese[edit]

Noun[edit]

forrit n (genitive singular forrits, plural forrit)

  1. (computing) program

Declension[edit]

Declension of forrit
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative forrit forritið forrit forritini
accusative forrit forritið forrit forritini
dative forriti forritinum forritum forritunum
genitive forrits forritsins forrita forritanna

Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From for- (“pre-, pro-”) +‎ rit (“writ, writing”). Calque of English program, which is derived from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) +‎ γράμμα (grámma, “writing”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

forrit n (genitive singular forrits, nominative plural forrit)

  1. (computing) program, application, application program

Declension[edit]

declension of forrit
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative forrit forritið forrit forritin
accusative forrit forritið forrit forritin
dative forriti forritinu forritum forritunum
genitive forrits forritsins forrita forritanna

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