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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From osel (“donkey”).
Noun
osle n
- donkey foal
1873, Josef Jakub Jungmann, Josefa Jungmanna Sebrané drobné spisy: Veršem i prosou, volume II, Praha: I. L. Kober, page 187:[…] jáť vím, že mnozí včera tak chudí byli, že ani na provaz neměli, dnes náhle tak bohatí jsou, nákladně a skvostně sobě vedou, šesti koňmi jezdí, ježto nedávno v domě ani oslete neměli, zlaté prsteny nosí a v šarlatu sobě vykračují, aniž pak se přesvědčiti mohou, žeby to jejich bohatství sen byl […]- I know that many who were so poor yesterday that they could not afford to buy a rope are suddenly so rich, so well off, and ride in coaches driven with six horses, although they did not even have a donkey foal in their house; they wear golden rings and walk in scarlet clothes, not being able to see that their wealth is a dream
Declension
Declension of osle (t-stem neuter)
Related terms
Further reading
- osle in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- osle in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Etymology 2
Noun
osle
- vocative singular of osel
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *amslā.
Pronunciation
Noun
ōsle f
- (European) blackbird
Sēo wīflīċe ōsle ġetimbreþ nest þrēowa on ġēare.- The female blackbird builds a nest three times a year.
Declension
Declension of osle (weak)
Descendants
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
osle
- dative/locative singular of osla