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

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠsˠə/

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• ursa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈur.sa/, [ˈʊrs̠ä]
• ursa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈur.sa/, [ˈursä]
• ursā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈur.saː/, [ˈʊrs̠äː]
• ursā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈur.sa/, [ˈursä]

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

Related terms

• Ursa major
• Ursa minor
• ursīnus
• Ursula

Descendants

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

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

• urs

Toba Batak

Etymology

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

Noun

ursa

1. deer