dána1, a3. Bold; daring, confident; forward, audacious. ~ i gcath, daring in battle. ~ i gcomhluadar, forward in company. Bheith ~ ar chontúirt, to venture into danger. Bheith ~ ar dhuine, le duine, to make free with s.o. Labhairt go ~, to speak boldly. Is ~ an dreach atá air, he looks brazen. Nach ~ an aghaidh atá air! How dare he! Tá sé chomh ~ leis an diabhal, he is as bold as brass.
dána2 :dán1.
dánacht, f. (gs. ~a). Boldness; daring, confidence; forwardness, audacity. ~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, ar rud, to make bold, free, with s.o., sth. Tá siad ag déanamh ~a ar na beanna, they are venturing (too) close to the cliffs. Tá sé ag dul i n~ ar an trácht, he is becoming confident in traffic. Níl sé de dhánacht ann é a rá amach, he hasn’t the courage to say it out. Bhí sé de dhánacht ann labhairt liom, he made so bold as to speak to me; he had the effrontery to speak to me. Ná tóg orm an ~, pardon my presumption. (Var:dána3m, dánadasm)