ursa

See also: ursã, Urša, and Ursa

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos

Proto-Italic *orsos

Latin ursusbor.

Esperanto urso

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto ursa

From urso + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈursa/
• Rhymes: -ursa
• Syllabification: 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

Further reading

• “ursa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾˠsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɞɾˠsˠə/

Noun

ursa f (genitive singular ursan, nominative plural ursanacha)

1. alternative form of ursain (“doorjamb”)

Declension

Declension of ursa (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ursa ursanacha vocative a ursa a ursanacha genitive ursan ursanacha dative ursa ursain (archaic, dialectal) ursanacha forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of ursa

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ursa	n-ursa	hursa	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos

Proto-Italic *orsos

Latin ursus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin ursa

From ursus (“bear”) + -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• ursa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊr.sa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈur.sa]
• ursā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊr.saː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈur.sa]

Noun

ursa f (genitive ursae); first declension

1. a she-bear; female bear
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.17.12:

     Expedit magis ursae occurrere raptīs fētibus, 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	ursa	ursae
genitive	ursae	ursārum
dative	ursae	ursīs
accusative	ursam	ursās
ablative	ursā	ursīs
vocative	ursa	ursae

Related terms

• Ursa maior
• Ursa minor
• ursīnus
• Ursula

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: ursã, urse
  • >? Romanian: ursă
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: orsa
  • Sicilian: ursa
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansh: ursa, uorsa
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: óssa
  • French: ourse
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Spanish: ossa
    • Spanish: osa
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: ursa

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈuh.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈuh.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈuχ.sɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈuɻ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.sa/ [ˈuh.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʁsɐ, (Portugal) -uɾsɐ
• Hyphenation: ur‧sa

Noun

ursa f (plural ursas)

1. female equivalent of urso: she-bear

Derived terms

• Ursa Maior
• Ursa Menor

Further reading

• “ursa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ursa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

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