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Webster 1913 Edition
Bursa
‖
Bur′sa
,Noun.
pl.
Bursæ
. [L. See
Burse
.] (Anat.)
Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
Definition 2024
Bursa
Bursa
See also: bursa
English
Proper noun
Bursa
- A city in northwestern Turkey.
- The province of which that city is the capital.
Translations
city in Turkey
bursa
bursa
See also: Bursa
English
Noun
bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)
- (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
Terms derived from bursa
Related terms
See also
Translations
A sac where muscle slides across bone
Irish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).
Noun
bursa m (genitive singular bursa, nominative plural bursaí)
Declension
Declension of bursa
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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
- "bursa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Latin
Alternative forms
- byrsa
Etymology
Late Latin (4th century); from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/
Noun
bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension
- (originally) oxhide, animal skin
- (by extension) purse, especially one made of skin or leather
- supply of money, funds
- 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
- bursārius
- bursiformis
- bursius
Descendants
References
- BURSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- bursa in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Northern Sami
Etymology
Noun
bursa
- purse (for money)
- wallet
- stock market
Inflection
| Even, 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 |
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) buorsa
Etymology
From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).
Noun
bursa f (plural bursas)