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aspa
aspa
Irish
Noun
aspa m (genitive singular aspa, nominative plural aspaí)
- Alternative form of haspa (“hasp”)
Declension
Declension of aspa
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Noun
aspa f
- genitive singular of asp (“asp”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aspa | n-aspa | haspa | t-aspa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aspa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Portuguese
Santo André crucificado numa aspa. (Saint Andrew crucified on a crux decussata.)
Aspa marcando um cruzamento de ferrovia. (Saint Andrew’s cross marking a level crossing.)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aspa f (plural aspas)
- crux decussata (an X-shaped cross, used to crucify people)
- Saint Andrew’s cross (any X-shaped symbol)
- (heraldry) saltire (ordinary in the shape of an X)
- (typography) quotation mark; inverted comma (the character ‘, ’ or ')
- (typography, in the plural) quotation marks (the characters «» or “”)
- an animal’s horn
- sail (blade of a windmill)
Synonyms
- (crux decussata): cruz decussata
- (Saint Andrew’s cross): cruz de Santo André
- (saltire): sautor
- (horn): chifre, corno, guampa
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: as‧pa
Noun
aspa f (plural aspas)
- cross, St. Anthony's cross.
- blade in windmills or wind turbines.
- z-shaped figure.
- spool, reel (yarn)
- wheel.
- vane, sail (of windmill)
- (mining) intersection of two veins.
- (South America) horn
- (heraldry) saltire.
- hasp.
Usage notes
- The feminine noun aspa is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
- However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
Verb
aspa