fosa
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fosa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Participle
fosa f sg
Etymology 2
Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fondre.
Noun
fosa f (plural foses)
- melting (of metal, snow, etc.); smelting; casting (of metal)
- metalworking
- cast iron
- (cinematography, music) fade, dissolve
- (typography) font
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fosa f
Declension
Further reading
- “fosa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “fosa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fosa
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fosa | — |
| accusative | fosát | — |
| dative | fosának | — |
| instrumental | fosával | — |
| causal-final | fosáért | — |
| translative | fosává | — |
| terminative | fosáig | — |
| essive-formal | fosaként | — |
| essive-modal | fosául | — |
| inessive | fosában | — |
| superessive | fosán | — |
| adessive | fosánál | — |
| illative | fosába | — |
| sublative | fosára | — |
| allative | fosához | — |
| elative | fosából | — |
| delative | fosáról | — |
| ablative | fosától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fosáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fosáéi | — |
Irish
Etymology
Noun
fosa m (genitive singular fosa, nominative plural fosaí)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fosa | fhosa | bhfosa |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “fosa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Malagasy
Etymology
Likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift,[1] thus cognate with Sarawak Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa.
Pronunciation
Noun
fosa
Descendants
References
- ^ Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France, pages 1–31
Phuthi
Verb
-fosa
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fossa.
Pronunciation
Noun
fosa f
- moat, fosse (deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation)
Declension
Declension of fosa
Derived terms
noun
Further reading
- fosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
fosa f
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin fossa. See also huesa, inherited from the same source. Cognate with English fosse (“moat, ditch”).
Noun
fosa f (plural fosas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
fosa
- inflection of fosar:
Further reading
- “fosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10