Icelandic

Noun

aska f ‎(genitive singular ösku, no plural)

1. ashes, ash

   Aska hylur vígvöllinn eftir að sprengjurnar féllu.

   The battlefield is covered in ashes after the bombs had fallen.

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

aska

1. indefinite accusative plural of askur
2. indefinite genitive plural of askur

Anagrams

• saka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• asken

Noun

aska m, f

1. definite feminine singular of aske

Old High German

Noun

aska f

1. Alternative spelling of asca

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ, whence also Old English æsce (English ash), Old Saxon aska (Middle Low German asche), Old High German asca (German Asche), Dutch as, West Frisian jiske, Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 ‎(azgo).

Noun

aska f

1. ashes, ash

Declension

Descendants

References

• aska in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ, whence also Old English æsce, Old High German asca, Old Norse aska.

Noun

aska f

1. ash (combustion residue)

Descendants

• Middle Low German: asche
  • Low German: Asch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

Noun

aska c ‎(uncountable)

1. ashes, ash

Declension

Related terms

Verb

aska ‎(present askar, preterite askade, supine askat, imperative aska)

1. to ash, to remove ashes from a cigaret, smoking pipe, stove, or burner
2. to coat or cover (goat cheese) with ash

Conjugation