bursa

See also: Bursa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse, and bourse, which are doublets.

Noun

bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)

  1. (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun

bursa m (genitive singular bursa, nominative plural bursaí)

  1. burse; purse

Declension
Declension of bursa

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bursa bursaí
Vocative a bhursaí a bhursaa
Genitive bursaí bursa
Dative bursa bursaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bursa na bursaí
Genitive an bhursaí na mbursa
Dative leis an mbursa

don bhursa

 leis na bursaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bursa bhursa mbursa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Kanuri

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʊ̄rsá]

Noun

bursa

  1. (Kanembu) cloud

Synonyms

Further reading
  • Francis Jouannet, Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou: langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad: phonématique et prosodie (1982, Paris: SELAF)
  • Kakadu Kanembu Kərânei: Kakadu 2 (UNESCO)

Latin

Alternative forms
  • byrsa

Etymology

Late Latin (4th century); from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/, [ˈbʊr.sa]

Noun

bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension

  1. (originally Late Latin) oxhide, animal skin
  2. (by extension, Medieval Latin) purse, especially one made of skin or leather
  3. (Medieval Latin) supply of money, funds
  4. (Medieval Latin) pension

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bursa bursae
Genitive bursae bursārum
Dative bursae bursīs
Accusative bursam bursās
Ablative bursā bursīs
Vocative bursa bursae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Northern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin bursa.
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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːsa/

Noun

bursa

  1. purse (for money)
  2. wallet
  3. stock market

Inflection
Even a-stem, rs-rss gradation
Nominative bursa
Genitive burssa
Singular Plural
Nominative bursa burssat
Accusative burssa burssaid
Genitive burssa burssaid
Illative bursii burssaide
Locative burssas burssain
Comitative burssain burssaiguin
Essive bursan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bursan bursame bursamet
2nd person bursat bursade bursadet
3rd person bursas bursaska bursaset

Further reading

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) buorsa

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purse
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) exchange

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbursa/

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa
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