assa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

assa f (plural asses)

1. summer snowflake, a plant of species Leucojum aestivum

Further reading

• “assa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cornish

Interjection

assa

1. how

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

assa

1. today

Latin

Pronunciation

• assa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/,
• assa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/,
• assā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.saː/,
• assā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/,

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

assa

1. inflection of assus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

assā

1. ablative feminine singular of assus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

assā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of assō

References

• “assa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• assa 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)
• assa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “assa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “assa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian asse, from Latin axis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/ (Milanese)

Noun

assa f

1. axis, axle

Derived terms

• assada
• asson

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ass- (“out of”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

assa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition; ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis; ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. out of his/her/its/their
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9^d24

     arna dich cách assa dligud i n-adaltras tri láthar demuin et tri bar nebcongabthetit-si

     lest everyone go out of his duty into adultery through the Devil’s machination and through your incontinence

Conjunction

assa

1. Added between two copies of a comparative adjective to indicate a gradual increase of degree: and

   ferr assa ferr

   better and better

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12^b34a

     Nesso assa nesso, ↄdid·tánicc fessin.

     Nearer and nearer, until has come to himself.

Etymology 2

Adjective

assa

1. Alternative form of asse (“easy”)

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 assa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अश्व (aśva), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

assa m

1. a horse

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्य (asya).

Adjective

assa

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ima (“this”)

Pronoun

assa

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ima (“this”)

Etymology 3

Verb

assa

1. second/third-person singular optative active of atthi (“to be”)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “assa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: as‧sa
• Rhymes: -asɐ

Verb

assa

1. inflection of assar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative