forsa
Istriot edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”).
Noun edit
forsa f
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
for (“on”) + -a (relative pronoun)
Pronoun edit
forsa·
- on whom, on which
Etymology 2 edit
Univerbation of for (“on”) + a (“the”, neuter accusative singular)
Article edit
forsa (triggers eclipsis)
- on the n sg
Old Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Old French force.
Noun edit
forsa f (oblique plural forsas, nominative singular forsa, nominative plural forsas)
- force (physical effort)
Descendants edit
- Occitan: fòrça
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŏrtia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, pages 726–729
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia.
Noun edit
forsa
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French force, from Middle French force, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forsa f
- (colloquial) dough, money
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pieniądze
- (archaic) force, physical strength
- (archaic) effort, forceful action
Declension edit
Declension of forsa
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
forsa (present forsar, preterite forsade, supine forsat, imperative forsa)
- to flow violently and profusely (of water or other liquid); to rush, to gush, to pour
- Vattnet forsade nedför berget
- Water rushed down the mountain
- Blodet forsade ur såret
- Blood gushed out of the wound
- Regnet forsade ner
- The rain poured down
- (figuratively, often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to rush, to race (move quickly forward)
- (figuratively) to gush, to pour out (of words or the like)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of forsa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | forsa | — | ||
Supine | forsat | — | ||
Imperative | forsa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | forsen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | forsar | forsade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | forsa | forsade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | forse | forsade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | forsande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation edit
- forsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- forsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- forsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)