forda
See also: forða
English
editEtymology
editCompound between English words for, and the in informal speech. From the early 2020s.
Pronunciation
editContraction
editforda
- (Philippines, slang, neologism) down (comfortable [with]) for something
References
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *for(i)dā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-id-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- + Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ (forming in this case masculine nouns), thus the literal sense of "bearer (of the calf)".
Noun
editforda f (genitive fordae); first declension
- A cow in calf.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | forda | fordae |
Genitive | fordae | fordārum |
Dative | fordae | fordīs |
Accusative | fordam | fordās |
Ablative | fordā | fordīs |
Vocative | forda | fordae |
References
edit- “forda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- forda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- forda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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