fórsa

See also: forsa, forsą, forša, and foršā

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠoːɾˠsˠə/

Noun

fórsa m (genitive singular fórsa, nominative plural fórsaí)

1. force (most senses)
2. (physics) force (physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body)

   fórsa imtharraingthe/domhantarraingthe ― force of gravity

3. (in the plural, military) forces

   fórsaí an namhad ― the enemy forces

   fórsaí farraige ― naval forces, marine forces

Declension

Declension of fórsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fórsa fórsaí Vocative a fhórsa a fhórsaí Genitive fórsa fórsaí Dative fórsa fórsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fórsa na fórsaí Genitive an fhórsa na bhfórsaí Dative leis an bhfórsa don fhórsa leis na fórsaí

Derived terms

• aerfhórsa
• beathfhórsa
• fórsa comhthorthach (“resultant force”)
• Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil
• fórsa lártheifeach
• fórsa leictreaghluaisneach (“electromotive force”)
• fórsach
• fórsaí leatromacha (“unbalanced forces”)
• fórsáil
• fórsúil
• frithfhórsa
• treolíne fórsa (“line of force”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fórsa	fhórsa	bhfórsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fórsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 331
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fórsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN