osel

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See also: oseł, òseł, and осел

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osьlъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus), from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus.

Noun

osel m anim (feminine oslice)

  1. donkey, ass
  2. ass (stupid person)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák
Declension
Declension of osel (hard masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative osel osli, oslové
genitive osla oslů
dative oslovi, oslu oslům
accusative osla osly
vocative osle osli, oslové
locative oslovi, oslu oslech
instrumental oslem osly
Derived terms

Further reading

  • osel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • osel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • osel in Internetová jazyková příručka

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

osel

  1. masculine singular past active participle of osít
    Synonym: osil

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ōsle, from Proto-West Germanic *amslā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːzəl/, /ˈoːzlə/

Noun

osel (plural oseles)

  1. blackbird

Descendants

  • English: oozel, ousel, ouzel (dialectal)
  • Scots: osil

References

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osьlъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus), from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus. Compare Bulgarian осел (osel), Russian осёл (osjól), Serbo-Croatian о̏сао/ȍsao, Slovak osol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀ːsəʋ/
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Noun

ósəł m anim

  1. donkey

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. ôsel
gen. sing. ôsla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ôsel ôsla ôsli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ôsla ôslov ôslov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ôslu ôsloma ôslom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ôsla ôsla ôsle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ôslu ôslih ôslih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ôslom ôsloma ôsli

Further reading

  • “osel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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