osle

See also: osłę, ośle, oślę, and осле

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoslɛ]
• Hyphenation: os‧le

Etymology 1

From osel (“donkey”).

Noun

osle n

1. donkey foal
   • 1873, Josef Jakub Jungmann, Josefa Jungmanna Sebrané drobné spisy: Veršem i prosou‎^[1], volume II, Praha: I. L. Kober, page 187:

     […] jáť vím, že mnozí včera tak chudí byli, že ani na provaz neměli, dnes náhle tak bohatí jsou, nákladně a skvostně sobě vedou, šesti koňmi jezdí, ježto nedávno v domě ani oslete neměli, zlaté prsteny nosí a v šarlatu sobě vykračují, aniž pak se přesvědčiti mohou, žeby to jejich bohatství sen byl […]

     […] I know that many who were so poor yesterday that they could not afford to buy a rope are suddenly so rich, so well off, and ride in coaches driven with six horses, although they did not even have a donkey foal in their house; they wear golden rings and walk in scarlet clothes, not being able to see that their wealth is a dream […]

Related terms

• osel
• oslátko
• oslice
• osličí
• oslí
• oslíček
• oslík
• oslův

 

Etymology 2

Noun

osle

1. vocative singular of osel

Anagrams

• Elso
• lose
• osel
• selo

Further reading

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *amslā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːs.le/, [ˈoːz.le]

Noun

ōsle f

1. (European) blackbird

   Sēo wīflīċe ōsle ġetimbraþ nest þrēowa on ġēare.

   The female blackbird builds a nest three times a year.

Declension

Declension of ōsle (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōsle	ōslan
accusative	ōslan	ōslan
genitive	ōslan	ōslena
dative	ōslan	ōslum

Descendants

• Middle English: osel, osele, osul, osulle, osyll
  • English: oozel, ousel, ouzel (dialectal)
  • Scots: osil

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔsʎe]

Noun

osle

1. dative/locative singular of osla