husa

See also: húsa, husă, and HuSA

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.
Compare Serbo-Croatian guska and German Gans.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

husa f

1. goose
2. 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.

Derived terms

• house
• houser
• husí

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

Noun

husa n

1. definite plural of hus

Verb

husa

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

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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)

References

• “huse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

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