ursa

See also: ursã and Ursa

Esperanto

Etymology

From urso +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈursa]
  • Rhymes: -ursa
  • Hyphenation: ur‧sa

Adjective

ursa (accusative singular ursan, plural ursaj, accusative plural ursajn)

  1. bearish, ursine (of or relating to bears)
  2. (figuratively) awkward, clumsy
    Synonym: mallerta

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

ursa f (genitive singular ursan, nominative plural ursanacha)

  1. Alternative form of ursain (“doorjamb”)

Declension
Declension of ursa

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ursa ursanacha
Vocative a ursa a ursanacha
Genitive ursan ursanacha
Dative ursa
ursain (archaic, dialectal)		 ursanacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ursa na hursanacha
Genitive na hursan na n-ursanacha
Dative leis an ursa
leis an ursain (archaic, dialectal)

don ursa
don ursain (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na hursanacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ursa n-ursa hursa not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *orssā, feminine of ursus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ursa f (genitive ursae); first declension

  1. a she-bear, female bear
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 17:12:
      Expedit magis ursae occurrēre raptīs foetibus, 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)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ursa ursae
Genitive ursae ursārum
Dative ursae ursīs
Accusative ursam ursās
Ablative ursā ursīs
Vocative ursa ursae

Descendants
  • Aromanian: ursã
  • Catalan: óssa
  • French: ourse
  • Italian: orsa
  • Portuguese: ursa
  • Romanian: ursă
  • Romansch: ursa, uorsa
  • Old Spanish: ossa

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

Noun

ursa f (plural ursas)

  1. female equivalent of urso; she-bear

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • uorsa (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin ursa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

Noun

ursa f (plural ursas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) female bear

Coordinate terms

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa. Compare Indonesian rusa and Tagalog usa.

Noun

ursa

  1. deer
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