Noun: pusa
Gender: m
Genitive
| Singular | pusan |
| Plural | pusena |
Dative
| Singular | pusan |
| Plural | pusum |
Accusative
| Singular | pusan |
| Plural | pusan |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. (The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack.)
Nouns inflected like pusa
sealma,
cristalla,
snecga,
smitta,
sogoþa,
yrfenuma,
selfbana,
bedreda,
worhana,
uuituma,
merefara,
collecta,
hringedstefna,
wyrtwala,
wyrtruma,
ferðloca,
græshoppa,
ferþloca,
forespreca,
græsstapa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, wallet, scrip”). Akin to Old High German pfosa (“purse”), Old Norse posi (“bag, purse”), púss (“pocket, pouch”). More at pussy. See: Old Norse Nouns '
posi'.
Verbs referencing "pusa"
English Nouns
purse, Old English Nouns
purs.
Translations