asna

See also: åsna

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈastna/
  • Rhymes: -astna

Noun

asna f (genitive singular ösnu, nominative plural ösnur)

  1. 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)

  1. Alternative form of easna (“rib”)

Declension
Declension of asna

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative asna asnacha
Vocative a asna a asnacha
Genitive asna asnacha
Dative asna asnacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an asna na hasnacha
Genitive na hasna na n-asnacha
Dative leis an asna

don asna

 leis na hasnacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
asna n-asna hasna not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

asna m

  1. genitive singular of asns

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈasna/

Noun

asna f (genitive ǫsnu, plural ǫsnur)

  1. a she-ass, female donkey

Declension
  Declension of asna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative asna asnan ǫsnur ǫsnurnar
accusative ǫsnu ǫsnuna ǫsnur ǫsnurnar
dative ǫsnu ǫsnunni ǫsnum ǫsnunum
genitive ǫsnu ǫsnunnar asna asnanna

Hypernyms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: asna

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

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈazna/

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. female equivalent of asno; a she-ass, a female donkey

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese asna, from Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaz.nɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈaʒ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaz.na/

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. female equivalent of asno

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) female donkey, ass

Coordinate terms
  • (sex):
    • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) asen
    • (Surmiran, Vallader) asan

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)

  1. (anatomy) rib

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
asnan-asnah-asnat-asna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “asna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “asna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

  1. feminine of asno
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