forda

See also: forða

English

Etymology

Compound between English words for, and the in informal speech. From the early 2020s.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: for‧da
  • IPA(key): /fɔɹdə/

Contraction

forda

  1. (Philippines, slang, neologism) down (comfortable [with]) for something

References

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *for(i)dā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-id-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- + Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ (forming in this case masculine nouns), thus the literal sense of "bearer (of the calf)".

Noun

forda f (genitive fordae); first declension

  1. A cow in calf.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative forda fordae
Genitive fordae fordārum
Dative fordae fordīs
Accusative fordam fordās
Ablative fordā fordīs
Vocative forda fordae

References
  • “forda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • forda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • forda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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