husa

See also: Husa, húsa, husă, and HuSA

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hus, from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦusa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: hu‧sa

Noun

husa f

1. goose
2. (informal, derogatory, offensive) stupid woman (objectionable woman)
3. female goose
   • 1935, Ludmila Tesařová, “Jak šla zvířátka do světa”, in Tatíčkovy pohádky‎^[1], Praha: Vojtěch Šeba:

     Na stole hořela svíčka a z trouby voněla pečená husa.

     A candle was burning on the table and a goose smelled nicely from the oven.

Declension

Declension of husa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	husa	husy
genitive	husy	hus, husí
dative	huse	husám
accusative	husu	husy
vocative	huso	husy
locative	huse	husách
instrumental	husou	husami

Derived terms

• house
• houser
• houska
• husák
• husí
• husopas

 

Further reading

• “husa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “husa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “husa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• husene (of noun)
• huset, huste (of verb simple past)
• huset, hust (of verb past participle)

Noun

husa n

1. definite plural of hus

Verb

husa

1. inflection of huse:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

husa n

1. definite plural of hus

Etymology 2

From Old Norse húsa.

Alternative forms

• huse (e infinitive, also Bokmål)

Verb

husa (present tense husar or huser, past tense husa or huste, past participle husa or hust, passive infinitive husast, present participle husande, imperative hus)

1. to house, harbour (physically)
2. to harbour (psychologically)

Further reading

• “huse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhusa]

Noun

husa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of husă

Swedish

Etymology 1

Likely clipping of huspiga. Compare origin of köksa.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -²ʉːsa

Noun

husa c

1. (archaic) maidservant

Declension

Declension of husa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	husa	husan	husor	husorna
Genitive	husas	husans	husors	husornas

Etymology 2

hus +‎ -a

Verb

husa (present husar, preterite husade, supine husat, imperative husa)

1. to host; to provide a bed for a guest

Conjugation

Conjugation of husa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	husa		husas
Supine	husat		husats
Imperative	husa		—
Imper. plural1	husen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	husar	husade	husas	husades
Ind. plural1	husa	husade	husas	husades
Subjunctive2	huse	husade	huses	husades
	Participles
Present participle	husande
Past participle	husad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• härbärgera