asna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

asna f (genitive singular ösnu, nominative plural ösnur)

  1. female donkey

Declension

Declension of asna (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative asna asnan ösnur ösnurnar
accusative ösnu ösnuna ösnur ösnurnar
dative ösnu ösnunni ösnum ösnunum
genitive ösnu ösnunnar asna asnanna

Irish

Noun

asna f (genitive singular asna, nominative plural asnacha)

  1. Alternative form of easna (“rib”)

Declension

Declension of asna (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative asna asnacha
vocative a asna a asnacha
genitive asna asnacha
dative asna asnacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an asna na hasnacha
genitive na hasna na n-asnacha
dative leis an asna
don asna 		leis na hasnacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of asna
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
asna n-asna hasna not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

asna m

  1. genitive singular of asns

Old Norse

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

asna f (genitive ǫsnu, plural ǫsnur)

  1. a she-ass, female donkey

Declension

Declension of asna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative asna asnan ǫsnur ǫsnurnar
accusative ǫsnu ǫsnuna ǫsnur ǫsnurnar
dative ǫsnu ǫsnunni ǫsnum ǫsnunum
genitive ǫsnu ǫsnunnar asna asnanna

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: asna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “asna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

Pronunciation

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. female equivalent of asno; a she-ass, a female donkey

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese asna, from Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. female equivalent of asno

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) female donkey, ass

Coordinate terms

  • (sex):
    • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) asen
    • (Surmiran, Vallader) asan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish asna (compare Irish easna), from Proto-Celtic *ast-Vnyo- (compare Welsh eis), from pre-Celtic *astonyo-, *h₂estnijo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óst (gen. *h₂ésts), *h₃ost- (“bone”).

Noun

asna f (genitive singular asna, plural asnaichean)

  1. (anatomy) rib

Mutation

Mutation of a
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
a n-a h-a t-a

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “asna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. feminine of asno

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