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Webster 1913 Edition
Balsa
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Bal′sa
,Noun.
[Sp. or Pg.
balsa
.] (Naut.)
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Definition 2024
balsa
balsa
See also: balsą
English
Noun
balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)
- A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Translations
a tree
wood
Anagrams
Finnish
(index b)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bal‧sa
Noun
balsa
- balsa (wood)
Declension
| Inflection of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | balsa | balsat | |
| genitive | balsan | balsojen | |
| partitive | balsaa | balsoja | |
| illative | balsaan | balsoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | balsa | balsat | |
| accusative | nom. | balsa | balsat |
| gen. | balsan | ||
| genitive | balsan | balsojen balsainrare |
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| partitive | balsaa | balsoja | |
| inessive | balsassa | balsoissa | |
| elative | balsasta | balsoista | |
| illative | balsaan | balsoihin | |
| adessive | balsalla | balsoilla | |
| ablative | balsalta | balsoilta | |
| allative | balsalle | balsoille | |
| essive | balsana | balsoina | |
| translative | balsaksi | balsoiksi | |
| instructive | — | balsoin | |
| abessive | balsatta | balsoitta | |
| comitative | — | balsoineen | |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
Borrowing from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.
Noun
balsa m (genitive singular balsa)
- balsa (tree, wood)
Declension
Declension of balsa
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| balsa | bhalsa | mbalsa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "balsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.