husa

See also: Husa, húsa, husă, and HuSA

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɦusa]
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Hyphenation: hu‧sa

Noun

husa f

  1. goose
  2. (informal, derogatory, offensive) stupid woman (objectionable woman)
  3. female goose
    • 1935, Ludmila Tesařová, “Jak šla zvířátka do světa”, in Tatíčkovy pohádky‎, Praha: Vojtěch Šeba:
      Na stole hořela svíčka a z trouby voněla pečená husa.
      A candle was burning on the table and a goose smelled nicely from the oven.

Declension
Declension of husa (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative husa husy
genitive husy hus, husí
dative huse husám
accusative husu husy
vocative huso husy
locative huse husách
instrumental husou husami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • husa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • husa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • husa in Internetová jazyková příručka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

husa n

  1. definite plural of hus

Verb

husa

  1. inflection of huse:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

husa n

  1. definite plural of hus

Etymology 2

From Old Norse húsa.

Alternative forms
  • huse (e infinitive, also Bokmål)

Verb

husa (present tense husar or huser, past tense husa or huste, past participle husa or hust, passive infinitive husast, present participle husande, imperative hus)

  1. to house, harbour (physically)
  2. to harbour (psychologically)

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhusa]

Noun

husa f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of husă

Swedish

Etymology 1

Likely clipping of huspiga. Compare origin of köksa.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -²ʉːsa

Noun

husa c

  1. (archaic) maidservant
Declension
Declension of husa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative husa husan husor husorna
Genitive husas husans husors husornas

Etymology 2

hus +‎ -a

Verb

husa (present husar, preterite husade, supine husat, imperative husa)

  1. to host; to provide a bed for a guest
Conjugation
Conjugation of husa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive husa husas
Supine husat husats
Imperative husa —
Imper. plural1 husen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative husar husade husas husades
Ind. plural1 husa husade husas husades
Subjunctive2 huse husade huses husades
Participles
Present participle husande
Past participle husad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms
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