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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

  1. A city in northwestern Turkey.
  2. The province of which that city is the capital.

Translations


Turkish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bur‧sa

Proper noun

Bursa

  1. Bursa

bursa

bursa

See also: Bursa

English

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

Related terms

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Translations


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

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


Latin

Alternative forms

  • byrsa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension

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

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin bursa.

Noun

bursa

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

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