forrit

English

Adverb

forrit (not comparable)

(Scotland) Forwards, forward.
- 1817, James Hogg, The Brownie of Bodsbeck, 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, 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.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.rɪ(ː)t/
Rhymes: -ɔrːɪt

Noun

forrit n (genitive singular forrits, nominative plural forrit)

(computing) program, application, application program ^syn.

Declension

declension of forrit

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

Synonyms

(program^def.): tölvuforrit

Derived terms

ályktunarforrit
aðalforrit
baksviðsforrit
birtingarforrit
fjölforritavinnsla
fjölvaforritun
forgangsforrit
forrita
forritahirðing
forritahirðir
forritalag
forritanlegur
forritari
forritasafn
forritaskil
forritaskil fyrir fjaraðgangsþjóna
forritasmiður
forritastjóri
forritastjórn
forritateljari
forritsbútur
forritseining
forritsháður galli
forritshluti
forritshönnunarmál
forritsprófunartími
forritsstikla
forritsvinnslutími
forritun

forritunarkerfi
forritunarmál
forritunarmál af annarri kynslóð
forritunarmál af fimmtu kynslóð
forritunarmál af fjórðu kynslóð
forritunarmál af fyrstu kynslóð
forritunarmál af þriðju kynslóð
forritunarritill
forritunarumhverfi
forvinnslubúnaður forrita
frumforrit
frumforritseinin
færanlegt forrit
gátforrit
greiningarforrit
hjálparforrit
hjálparforrit gagnasafns
hleðsluforrit
hliðarforrit
hönnunarlýsing forrits
inna ræsiforrit
inning forrits
kaflaskiptaforrit
kall á undirforrit
kembiforrit
keyrsla forrits
kippuforrit
kynningarmyndaforrit
leiðarforrit

minnislægt forrit
mótað forrit
mótað forritunarmál
niðurtökuforrit
örforrit
orðskiptingarforrit
partaforritun
ping-forrit
póstsýsluforrit
póstþjónsforrit
prófunar- og viðhaldsforrit
rakningsforrit
rápforrit
rekstrarforrit
ritvinnsluforrit
röðunarforrit
ræsiforrit
ræsihleðsluforrit
safnforrit
safnvörsluforrit
samhlekkjun forrit
samtvinnun forrita
samþætt forritunarumhverfi
samþætting rekstrarforrita
SAPI-talforritaskil
sendiforrit
sérhæft forritunarmál
sjálfskýrandi forrit
sjónrænt forritunarmál

skoðunarforrit
spilliforrit
stjórnforrit
stofnræn forritseining
stofnrænt undirforrit
stuðningsforrit
stýriforrit
sýnisforrit
tengiforrit
tengihleðsluforrit
tilfærsluhleðsluforrit
tölvuforrit
umbrotsforrit
undirforrit
undirforritarakningur
uppsetningarforrit
útgönguforrit
valmyndastýrt forrit
veiruvarnarforrit
veituforrit
verkforrit
verkforritasmiður
vinnuborðsforrit
vistfast forrit
vistfestuhleðsluforrit
viðfangsforrit
viðskiptaforritaskil
viðskiptavenslaforrit
þýtt forrit