assyl

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish asal (“ass, she-ass”), from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).

Noun

assyl m (genitive singular assyl, plural assylyn)

ass, donkey

Derived terms

assyl bwoirrin, laair assyl (“she-ass”)
assyl feie, assyl oaldey (“wild ass”)
caairt assyl (“donkey-cart”)
collagh assyl (“jackass”)
immanagh assyl (“donkey-driver”)
lhiy assyl (“donkey-colt”)
sharragh assyl (“donkey-foal”)

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “asal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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