husa

See also: Husa, húsa, husă, and HuSA

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦusa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usa
• Hyphenation: hu‧sa

Noun

husa f (relational adjective husí, diminutive husička)

1. goose
2. female goose
   • 1935, Ludmila Tesařová, “Jak šla zvířátka do světa”, in Tatíčkovy pohádky‎^[1], 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.

3. (informal, derogatory, offensive) stupid woman (objectionable woman)

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

(nouns):

• house
• houser
• houska
• husařka
• husák
• husina
• husopas

Further reading

• “husa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “husa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “husa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• husene (of noun)
• huset, huste (of verb simple past)
• huset, hust (of verb past participle)

Noun

husa n

1. definite plural of hus

Verb

husa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

• “huse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

hūsa

1. genitive plural of hūs

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhusa]

Noun

husa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of husă

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hʉːsa/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːsa

Etymology 1

Likely clipping of huspiga. Compare origin of köksa.

Noun

husa c

1. (archaic) maidservant

Declension

Declension of husa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	husa	husas
	definite	husan	husans
plural	indefinite	husor	husors
	definite	husorna	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
present participle		husande
past participle		husad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• härbärgera