asen

See also: åsen

Languages (12)

Abenaki • Ao • Asturian • Danish • Galician • Middle High German • Norwegian Nynorsk • Romansch • Spanish • Swedish • Vietnamese • Welsh

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Abenaki

Noun

asen (inanimate, plural asenal)

1. a rock, a stone

Ao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Naga *a-san, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səwr (“sour”).

Verb

asen

1. (Chungli) to be sour

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Naga *a-saːn, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sar (“new”).

Verb

asen

1. (Chungli) to be new

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 60, 226-228

Asturian

Verb

asen

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of asar

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish asnæ, from Old Norse asni, from Old French asne, from Latin asinus. Largely replaced by Middle Low German esel, see æsel. Cognates include Swedish åsna, Icelandic asni and Faroese asni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæˀsən/

Noun

asen (singular definite asnet, plural indefinite asner)

1. Used as a mild insult to or about a person whom one envies or harbors a certain dislike for.
2. (dated) donkey, ass, (only used as a comparison).

   stædig som et asen

   stubborn as a mule

Inflection

Declension of asen

gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	asen	asnet	asner	asnerne
genitive	asens	asnets	asners	asnernes

Derived terms

• heldige asen.
• stædige asen.

Noun

asen c

1. definite singular of as

References

• “asen” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “asen” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Galician

Verb

asen

1. inflection of asar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈaːs̠ən/

Noun

āsen n

1. dative plural of ās

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse asni, from Latin asinus.

Noun

asen n (definite singular asenet, indefinite plural asen, definite plural asena)

1. donkey, ass

   Synonym: esel

Etymology 2

Perfect participle of asa.

Adjective

asen (neuter ase, definite singular and plural asne, comparative asnare, indefinite superlative asnast, definite superlative asnaste)

1. angry
2. naggy, noisy

Participle

asen

1. past participle of asa

References

• “asen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• asan (Surmiran, Vallader)
• esan (Puter)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin asinus

Romansch asen

Inherited from Latin asinus.

Noun

asen m (plural asens)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) (male) donkey, ass

Coordinate terms

• (sex): asna

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasen/ [ˈa.sẽn]
• Rhymes: -asen
• Syllabification: a‧sen
• Homophone: (Latin America) hacen

Verb

asen

1. inflection of asar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. third-person plural present indicative of asir

Swedish

Noun

asen

1. definite singular of as c (“one of the Æsir (Old Norse gods)”)
2. definite plural of as n (“carrion, carcass; asshole”)

Anagrams

• anse, enas, nesa, sena, snea

Vietnamese

Chemical element
As
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Etymology

From French arsenic.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ sɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ sɛn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ sɛn˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: a xeń

Noun

asen

1. arsenic

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasɛn/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh assen, from Proto-Brythonic *asen (compare Old Cornish asen, Middle Breton asen), from Latin asina.

Noun

asen f (plural asennod)

1. she-ass, jenny

Related terms

• asyn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ast (via a derivative *astinā; compare Cornish asenn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”) (compare Irish easna, Latin os, Albanian asht). Doublet of ais, related to asgwrn.

Noun

asen f (plural asennau)

1. rib (curved bone)

Synonyms

• eisen

Mutation

Mutated forms of asen

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
asen	unchanged	unchanged	hasen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.