sorsa

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsorsɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rs̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sor‧sa
  • Hyphenation(key): sor‧sa

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Finnic *sorsa, of unknown further origin.

    Noun

    sorsa

    1. duck (bird of the Anatidae family)
    2. (poker, slang) duck (playing card two)
    3. (medical slang) bed urinal
    Declension
    Inflection of sorsa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
    nominative sorsa sorsat
    genitive sorsan sorsien
    partitive sorsaa sorsia
    illative sorsaan sorsiin
    singular plural
    nominative sorsa sorsat
    accusative nom. sorsa sorsat
    gen. sorsan
    genitive sorsan sorsien
    sorsain rare
    partitive sorsaa sorsia
    inessive sorsassa sorsissa
    elative sorsasta sorsista
    illative sorsaan sorsiin
    adessive sorsalla sorsilla
    ablative sorsalta sorsilta
    allative sorsalle sorsille
    essive sorsana sorsina
    translative sorsaksi sorsiksi
    abessive sorsatta sorsitta
    instructive sorsin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of sorsa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sorsani sorsani
    accusative nom. sorsani sorsani
    gen. sorsani
    genitive sorsani sorsieni
    sorsaini rare
    partitive sorsaani sorsiani
    inessive sorsassani sorsissani
    elative sorsastani sorsistani
    illative sorsaani sorsiini
    adessive sorsallani sorsillani
    ablative sorsaltani sorsiltani
    allative sorsalleni sorsilleni
    essive sorsanani sorsinani
    translative sorsakseni sorsikseni
    abessive sorsattani sorsittani
    instructive
    comitative sorsineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sorsasi sorsasi
    accusative nom. sorsasi sorsasi
    gen. sorsasi
    genitive sorsasi sorsiesi
    sorsaisi rare
    partitive sorsaasi sorsiasi
    inessive sorsassasi sorsissasi
    elative sorsastasi sorsistasi
    illative sorsaasi sorsiisi
    adessive sorsallasi sorsillasi
    ablative sorsaltasi sorsiltasi
    allative sorsallesi sorsillesi
    essive sorsanasi sorsinasi
    translative sorsaksesi sorsiksesi
    abessive sorsattasi sorsittasi
    instructive
    comitative sorsinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sorsamme sorsamme
    accusative nom. sorsamme sorsamme
    gen. sorsamme
    genitive sorsamme sorsiemme
    sorsaimme rare
    partitive sorsaamme sorsiamme
    inessive sorsassamme sorsissamme
    elative sorsastamme sorsistamme
    illative sorsaamme sorsiimme
    adessive sorsallamme sorsillamme
    ablative sorsaltamme sorsiltamme
    allative sorsallemme sorsillemme
    essive sorsanamme sorsinamme
    translative sorsaksemme sorsiksemme
    abessive sorsattamme sorsittamme
    instructive
    comitative sorsinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sorsanne sorsanne
    accusative nom. sorsanne sorsanne
    gen. sorsanne
    genitive sorsanne sorsienne
    sorsainne rare
    partitive sorsaanne sorsianne
    inessive sorsassanne sorsissanne
    elative sorsastanne sorsistanne
    illative sorsaanne sorsiinne
    adessive sorsallanne sorsillanne
    ablative sorsaltanne sorsiltanne
    allative sorsallenne sorsillenne
    essive sorsananne sorsinanne
    translative sorsaksenne sorsiksenne
    abessive sorsattanne sorsittanne
    instructive
    comitative sorsinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative sorsansa sorsansa
    accusative nom. sorsansa sorsansa
    gen. sorsansa
    genitive sorsansa sorsiensa
    sorsainsa rare
    partitive sorsaansa sorsiaan
    sorsiansa
    inessive sorsassaan
    sorsassansa
    sorsissaan
    sorsissansa
    elative sorsastaan
    sorsastansa
    sorsistaan
    sorsistansa
    illative sorsaansa sorsiinsa
    adessive sorsallaan
    sorsallansa
    sorsillaan
    sorsillansa
    ablative sorsaltaan
    sorsaltansa
    sorsiltaan
    sorsiltansa
    allative sorsalleen
    sorsallensa
    sorsilleen
    sorsillensa
    essive sorsanaan
    sorsanansa
    sorsinaan
    sorsinansa
    translative sorsakseen
    sorsaksensa
    sorsikseen
    sorsiksensa
    abessive sorsattaan
    sorsattansa
    sorsittaan
    sorsittansa
    instructive
    comitative sorsineen
    sorsinensa
    Derived terms
    See also

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

      By contraction from English source code and association with sorsa (etymology 1).

      Noun

      sorsa (slang)

      1. (computing, usually in the plural) source code, source
      Declension
      Inflection of sorsa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
      nominative sorsa sorsat
      genitive sorsan sorsien
      partitive sorsaa sorsia
      illative sorsaan sorsiin
      singular plural
      nominative sorsa sorsat
      accusative nom. sorsa sorsat
      gen. sorsan
      genitive sorsan sorsien
      sorsain rare
      partitive sorsaa sorsia
      inessive sorsassa sorsissa
      elative sorsasta sorsista
      illative sorsaan sorsiin
      adessive sorsalla sorsilla
      ablative sorsalta sorsilta
      allative sorsalle sorsille
      essive sorsana sorsina
      translative sorsaksi sorsiksi
      abessive sorsatta sorsitta
      instructive sorsin
      comitative See the possessive forms below.
      Possessive forms of sorsa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
      first-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative sorsani sorsani
      accusative nom. sorsani sorsani
      gen. sorsani
      genitive sorsani sorsieni
      sorsaini rare
      partitive sorsaani sorsiani
      inessive sorsassani sorsissani
      elative sorsastani sorsistani
      illative sorsaani sorsiini
      adessive sorsallani sorsillani
      ablative sorsaltani sorsiltani
      allative sorsalleni sorsilleni
      essive sorsanani sorsinani
      translative sorsakseni sorsikseni
      abessive sorsattani sorsittani
      instructive
      comitative sorsineni
      second-person singular possessor
      singular plural
      nominative sorsasi sorsasi
      accusative nom. sorsasi sorsasi
      gen. sorsasi
      genitive sorsasi sorsiesi
      sorsaisi rare
      partitive sorsaasi sorsiasi
      inessive sorsassasi sorsissasi
      elative sorsastasi sorsistasi
      illative sorsaasi sorsiisi
      adessive sorsallasi sorsillasi
      ablative sorsaltasi sorsiltasi
      allative sorsallesi sorsillesi
      essive sorsanasi sorsinasi
      translative sorsaksesi sorsiksesi
      abessive sorsattasi sorsittasi
      instructive
      comitative sorsinesi
      first-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative sorsamme sorsamme
      accusative nom. sorsamme sorsamme
      gen. sorsamme
      genitive sorsamme sorsiemme
      sorsaimme rare
      partitive sorsaamme sorsiamme
      inessive sorsassamme sorsissamme
      elative sorsastamme sorsistamme
      illative sorsaamme sorsiimme
      adessive sorsallamme sorsillamme
      ablative sorsaltamme sorsiltamme
      allative sorsallemme sorsillemme
      essive sorsanamme sorsinamme
      translative sorsaksemme sorsiksemme
      abessive sorsattamme sorsittamme
      instructive
      comitative sorsinemme
      second-person plural possessor
      singular plural
      nominative sorsanne sorsanne
      accusative nom. sorsanne sorsanne
      gen. sorsanne
      genitive sorsanne sorsienne
      sorsainne rare
      partitive sorsaanne sorsianne
      inessive sorsassanne sorsissanne
      elative sorsastanne sorsistanne
      illative sorsaanne sorsiinne
      adessive sorsallanne sorsillanne
      ablative sorsaltanne sorsiltanne
      allative sorsallenne sorsillenne
      essive sorsananne sorsinanne
      translative sorsaksenne sorsiksenne
      abessive sorsattanne sorsittanne
      instructive
      comitative sorsinenne
      third-person possessor
      singular plural
      nominative sorsansa sorsansa
      accusative nom. sorsansa sorsansa
      gen. sorsansa
      genitive sorsansa sorsiensa
      sorsainsa rare
      partitive sorsaansa sorsiaan
      sorsiansa
      inessive sorsassaan
      sorsassansa
      sorsissaan
      sorsissansa
      elative sorsastaan
      sorsastansa
      sorsistaan
      sorsistansa
      illative sorsaansa sorsiinsa
      adessive sorsallaan
      sorsallansa
      sorsillaan
      sorsillansa
      ablative sorsaltaan
      sorsaltansa
      sorsiltaan
      sorsiltansa
      allative sorsalleen
      sorsallensa
      sorsilleen
      sorsillensa
      essive sorsanaan
      sorsanansa
      sorsinaan
      sorsinansa
      translative sorsakseen
      sorsaksensa
      sorsikseen
      sorsiksensa
      abessive sorsattaan
      sorsattansa
      sorsittaan
      sorsittansa
      instructive
      comitative sorsineen
      sorsinensa
      Synonyms

      Hungarian

      Etymology

      sors +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈʃorʃɒ]
      • Hyphenation: sor‧sa

      Noun

      sorsa

      1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sors

      Declension

      Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative sorsa
      accusative sorsát
      dative sorsának
      instrumental sorsával
      causal-final sorsáért
      translative sorsává
      terminative sorsáig
      essive-formal sorsaként
      essive-modal sorsául
      inessive sorsában
      superessive sorsán
      adessive sorsánál
      illative sorsába
      sublative sorsára
      allative sorsához
      elative sorsából
      delative sorsáról
      ablative sorsától
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular
      sorsáé
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural
      sorsáéi

      Ingrian

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *sorsa. Cognates include Finnish sorsa and Veps sorz.

      Pronunciation

      • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsorsɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rs̠]
      • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsorsɑ/, [ˈʃo̞rʒ̥ɑ]
      • Rhymes: -ors, -orsɑ
      • Hyphenation: sor‧sa

      Noun

      sorsa

      1. duck
        • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
          Krapu röömii. Sorsa lentää.
          The crab crawls. The duck flies.

      Declension

      Declension of sorsa (type 3/koira, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative sorsa sorsat
      genitive sorsan sorsiin
      partitive sorsaa sorsia
      illative sorsaa sorsii
      inessive sorsaas sorsiis
      elative sorsast sorsist
      allative sorsalle sorsille
      adessive sorsaal sorsiil
      ablative sorsalt sorsilt
      translative sorsaks sorsiks
      essive sorsanna, sorsaan sorsinna, sorsiin
      exessive1) sorsant sorsint
      1) obsolete
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • Votic: sorsõ

      References

      • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “сворса”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 681
      • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 540