ursa

See also: ursã

Esperanto

urso (“bear”) +‎ -a

Adjective

ursa (accusative singular ursan, plural ursaj, accusative plural ursajn)

1. ursine

Related terms

• urso (“bear”)

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠsˠə/

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 ursanacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ursa na hursanacha Genitive na hursan na n-ursanacha Dative leis an ursa don ursa 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.

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Latin

Etymology

Feminine of ursus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ursa f (genitive ursae); first declension

1. a she-bear, female bear

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ursā

1. ablative singular of 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.

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Portuguese

Noun

ursa f (plural ursas)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of urso; she-bear

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) uorsa

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