ursa
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈursa/
- Rhymes: -ursa
- Syllabification: ur‧sa
Adjective
ursa (accusative singular ursan, plural ursaj, accusative plural ursajn)
Further reading
- “ursa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
ursa f (genitive singular ursan, nominative plural ursanacha)
- alternative form of ursain (“doorjamb”)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ursa | n-ursa | hursa | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From ursus (“bear”) + -a (feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- ursa:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊr.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈur.sa]
- ursā:
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊr.saː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈur.sa]
Noun
ursa f (genitive ursae); first declension
- a she-bear; female bear
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.17.12:
- Expedit magis ursae occurrere raptīs fētibus, quam fatuō cōnfīdentī in stultitiā suā.
- It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
- It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
- Expedit magis ursae occurrere raptīs fētibus, quam fatuō cōnfīdentī in stultitiā suā.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ursa | ursae |
| genitive | ursae | ursārum |
| dative | ursae | ursīs |
| accusative | ursam | ursās |
| ablative | ursā | ursīs |
| vocative | ursa | ursae |
Related terms
- Ursa maior
- Ursa minor
- ursīnus
- Ursula
Descendants
References
- “ursa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ursa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ursa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈuh.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈuɾ.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈuχ.sɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈuɻ.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈuʁ.sa/ [ˈuh.sa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈuɾ.sɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʁsɐ, (Portugal) -uɾsɐ
- Hyphenation: ur‧sa
Noun
ursa f (plural ursas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ursa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ursa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romansh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin ursa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Noun
ursa f (plural ursas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) female bear
Coordinate terms
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa. Compare Indonesian rusa and Tagalog usa.
Noun
ursa