fórsa
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fórsa m (genitive singular fórsa, nominative plural fórsaí)
- force (most senses)
- (physics) force (physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body)
- fórsa imtharraingthe/domhantarraingthe ― force of gravity
- (in the plural, military) forces
- fórsaí an namhad ― the enemy forces
- fórsaí farraige ― naval forces, marine forces
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- aerfhórsa
- beathfhórsa
- fórsa comhthorthach (“resultant force”)
- Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil
- fórsa lártheifeach
- fórsa leictreaghluaisneach (“electromotive force”)
- fórsach
- fórsaí leatromacha (“unbalanced forces”)
- fórsáil
- fórsúil
- frithfhórsa
- treolíne fórsa (“line of force”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fórsa | fhórsa | bhfórsa |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fórsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 331
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fórsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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