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Mongolian
Etymology 1
Cognate with Buryat аһаха (ahaxa) and (obsolete) Kalmyk асх (asx).
Verb
асах • (asax) (causative асаах)
- (intransitive) to burn, to catch fire
- Synonyms: шатах (šatax), ноцох (nocox)
- to turn on, to start (of a device)
- (figuratively) to flare up, to become enraged, to lash out
Etymology 2
Cognate with Buryat аһаха (ahaxa) and (obsolete) Kalmyk асх (asx).
Reminiscent of Proto-Turkic *as- (“to hang”) (Turkish asmak), (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) however the Turkic verb is transitive.
Verb
асах • (asax) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ (asaqu))
- to cling to, to latch on
- Synonym: наалдах (naaldax)
- to climb
- Synonym: авирах (avirax)
- (figuratively) to stick (of an emotion, thought, ...)
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
а́сах • (ásax) m anim pl or m inan pl
- prepositional plural of ас (as)