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asna
asna
See also: åsna
Icelandic
Noun
asna f (genitive singular ösnu, nominative plural ösnur)
- female donkey
Declension
declension of asna
| f-w1 | 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)
- Alternative form of easna (“rib”)
Declension
Declension of asna
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| asna | n-asna | hasna | t-asna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "asna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Puter) esna
Etymology
From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.
Noun
asna f (plural asnas)
Coordinate terms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish asna (compare Irish easna), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (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)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “asna” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.