fors

See also: förs

English edit

Noun edit

fors pl (plural only)

Only used in fors and againsts

Catalan edit

Noun edit

fors

plural of for

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrs

Adjective edit

fors (comparative forser, superlative meest fors or forst)

stout, large
substantial, considerable

Inflection edit

Declension of fors
uninflected	fors
inflected	forse
comparative	forser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		fors	forser	het forst het forste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	forse	forsere	forste
	n. sing.	fors	forser	forste
	plural	forse	forsere	forste
definite		forse	forsere	forste
partitive		fors	forsers	—

Adverb edit

fors

strongly

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio: (file)

Noun edit

fors

plural of for

Preposition edit

fors

except, save
Tout est perdu fors l’honneur.
All is lost save honour.

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fors/, [fɔrs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fors/, [fɔrs]

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Italic *fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis (“the act of carrying”) (compare Old Irish brith, German Geburt, English bear, burden, Russian бремя (bremja, “burden”), брать (bratʹ, “to take”), Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti, “carrying”)), derivative of *bʰer-, whence also Latin ferō (“bring, carry”). For the semantic development, compare Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”), from the same root.

Noun edit

fors f (genitive fortis); third declension

luck, chance
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.507:
  fors suā cuique locō est
  Luck: And each place has its own.
  (Ovid tells what happens when Ceres (mythology) visits a family living at a site later known as Eleusis. Although ‘‘fors’’ is sometimes translated as ‘‘destiny,’’ which may imply determination, Ovid's probable meaning is that of random chance; idiomatically, ‘‘good luck.’’)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fors	fortēs
Genitive	fortis	fortium
Dative	fortī	fortibus
Accusative	fortem	fortēs fortīs
Ablative	forte	fortibus
Vocative	fors	fortēs

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Etymology 2 edit

From contraction of fors sit (“it might happen”).

Alternative forms edit

Adverb edit

fors (not comparable)

perhaps, perchance

References edit

“fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“fors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fors 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)
fors in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
- (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
- (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
fors in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

hors

Etymology edit

From Old French fors, from Latin foris.

Preposition edit

fors

apart from

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin foris.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾs/

Adverb edit

fors

outside

Preposition edit

fors

outside
apart from
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Et je reconois et otroi
  Que nus n'i a coupes fors moi
  And I recognize and admit
  That nobody is responsible apart from me

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Middle French: fors
- French: hors (or from defors)

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

foss

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fursaz, from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to spray, splash”).

Noun edit

fors m (genitive fors, plural forsar)

a waterfall

Declension edit

Declension of fors (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fors	forsinn	forsar	forsarnir
accusative	fors	forsinn	forsa	forsana
dative	forsi	forsinum	forsum	forsunum
genitive	fors	forsins	forsa	forsanna

Descendants edit

Icelandic: fors, foss
- → English: foss
Faroese: fossur
Norn: fors
Norwegian: foss, fors
- → Danish: fos, >? fors
  - Norwegian Bokmål: foss
Old Swedish: fors
- Swedish: fors
Middle Danish: fors
- >? Danish: fors (influenced by Norwegian)
→ Middle English: fors, force
- English: force (in the sense of a waterfall) (Northern England)
→ Middle Low German: vorsch

References edit

“fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fors”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“fors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fors 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)
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
- (ambiguous) to be brave by nature: animo forti esse
- (ambiguous) personally brave: manu fortis
fors in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

ᚠᚮᚱᛋ

Etymology edit

From Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Noun edit

fors m

torrent, stream
waterfall

Declension edit

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Declension of fors (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	forser	forsrin	forsar	forsanir, forsaner
accusative	fors	forsin	forsa	forsana
dative	forsi, forse	forsinum, forsenom	forsum, forsom	forsumin, forsomen
genitive	forss	forssins	forsa	forsanna

Descendants edit

Swedish: fors

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

fors

plural of for

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish fors, from Old Norse fors, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fɔʂː/
Audio: (file)

Noun edit

fors c

a rapid, whitewater
a chute (in a river)

Declension edit

Declension of fors
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fors	forsen	forsar	forsarna
Genitive	fors	forsens	forsars	forsarnas

Related terms edit

forsa

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fɔʀ/

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fors

plural of for

fors

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