аш

See also: ащ, -аш, and Appendix:Variations of "as"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Common Turkic *aš (“food, meal”), from Proto-Turkic *(i)aĺ (“food, meal”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aš, “food, meal”); Uzbek osh (“hot meal; pilaf”), Turkish aş (“cooked food, meal”), Yakut ас (as, “food, meal”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑʂ]
• Hyphenation: аш (one syllable)

Noun

аш • (aš)

1. food; meal
2. soup

   Аштың тоҙо сыҡмаған.

   Aštïñ toðo sïqmağan.

   The soup is undersalted.

Declension

Inflection of аш (aš)

	singular	plural
absolute	аш (aš)	аштар (aštar)
definite genitive	аштың (aštïñ)	аштарҙың (aštarðïñ)
dative	ашҡа (ašqa)	аштарға (aštarğa)
definite accusative	ашты (aštï)	аштарҙы (aštarðï)
locative	ашта (ašta)	аштарҙа (aštarða)
ablative	аштан (aštan)	аштарҙан (aštarðan)

Derived terms

• ашҡаҙан (ašqaðan, “stomach”)
• ашъяулыҡ (ašʺyawlïq, “tablecloth”)
• ашхана (ašxana, “canteen, dining hall”)

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Chuvash

Noun

аш • (aš)

1. meat

Verb

аш • (aš)

1. to trample down

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	аш
Arabic	اش‎

Adjective

аш • (aş)

1. hungry

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Moksha

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑʃ/

Particle

аш • (aš)

1. negative particle; no
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     нет — аш, аф

     net — aš, af

     no [in Russian] — no

     мес аш?

     mes aš?

     why not? (~ why "no"?)

2. there isn't, there aren't (indicating absence)
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     мезевок аш

     mezevok aš

     (there) isn't anything

     ашель

     ašelʹ

     (there) wasn't

     монь аш пингозе

     monʹ aš pingoze

     I don't have time

   • Альманах мокшанской художественной литературы, 1952

     Комнатать кучкаса, стулть лангса озада ащезь, мон ванондонь перьфпяльге страннай чувстваса: мезе-бди тяса тейне ульсь содаф. Улень мон, штоли, тяса мзярда-бди? Аш, ашелень. И сембе сяка мон содаса тя комнатать, мон сонь няине онцтон, кодама-бди страшнай, ёжефтома онцтон.

     Komnatatʹ kučkasa, stultʹ langsa ozada aščezʹ, mon vanondonʹ perʹfpjalʹge strannaj čuvstvasa: meze-bdi tjasa tejne ulʹsʹ sodaf. Ulenʹ mon, štoli, tjasa mzjarda-bdi? Aš, ašelenʹ. I sembe sjaka mon sodasa tja komnatatʹ, mon sonʹ njaine oncton, kodama-bdi strašnaj, jožeftoma oncton.

     In the middle of the room, sitting on a chair, I looked all around in a weird feeling: as if this place was familiar to me. Had I been here before? No, I hadn't. And yet I know (~ recognize) this room, I had seen it in a dream, a terrible, crazy dream.

Conjugation

Past I conjugation of аш

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	ашень / изень (ašenʹ / izenʹ)	минь (minʹ)	ашеме / иземе (ašeme / izeme)
тон (ton)	ашеть / изеть (ašetʹ / izetʹ)	тинь (tinʹ)	ашеде / изеде (ašede / izede)
сон (son)	ашезь / изь (ašezʹ / izʹ)	синь (sinʹ)	ашесть / исть (ašestʹ / istʹ)

Past II/subjunctive conjugation of аш

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	ашелень (ašelenʹ)	минь (minʹ)	ашелеме (ašeleme)
тон (ton)	ашелеть (ašeletʹ)	тинь (tinʹ)	—
сон (son)	ашель (ašelʹ)	синь (sinʹ)	ашельхть (ašelʹxtʹ)

Past I objective (1st person object) conjugation of аш

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	—	минь (minʹ)	—
тон (ton)	ашемайть (ašemajtʹ)	тинь (tinʹ)	ашемасть (ašemastʹ)
сон (son)	ашемань (ašemanʹ)	синь (sinʹ)	ашемазь (ašemazʹ)

Past I objective (2nd person object) conjugation of аш

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	ашихтень (ašixtenʹ)	минь (minʹ)	ашедязь (ašedjazʹ)
тон (ton)	—	тинь (tinʹ)	—
сон (son)	ашензе (ašenze)	синь (sinʹ)	ашедязь (ašedjazʹ)

Past I objective (3rd person object) conjugation of аш

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	ашине (ašine)	минь (minʹ)	ашеськ (ašesʹk)
тон (ton)	ашить (ašitʹ)	тинь (tinʹ)	ашесть (ašestʹ)
сон (son)	ашезе / ашезень (ašeze / ašezenʹ)	синь (sinʹ)	ашезь (ašezʹ)

Coordinate terms

• аф (af)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French âche, ache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʂ]

Noun

аш • (aš) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The Roman letter H, h (aitch).

   аш два о ― aš dva o ― H₂O

Usage notes

• This term, rather than эйч (ejč) is used in science (e.g. maths, chemistry) and chess.

See also

• эйч (ejč)

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Southern Altai

Etymology

From Common Turkic *aš (“food, meal”), from Proto-Turkic *(i)aĺ (“food, meal”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aš, “food, meal”); Kazakh ас (as), Kyrgyz аш (aş), Crimean Tatar aş, Kumyk аш (aş), Uzbek osh (“hot meal; pilaf”), Azerbaijani aş, Turkish aş (“cooked food, meal”), Shor аш, Western Yugur as (“food”), Yakut ас (as, “food, meal”), etc.

Noun

аш • (aš)

1. food, meal

Derived terms

• аш-курсак (aš-kursak, “food”)
• ашкана (aškana, “restaurant”)

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “аш”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “аш”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN