asna

See also: åsna

Faroese

Noun

asna

1. inflection of asni:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular indefinite
   2. genitive plural indefinite

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 (feminine)

	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 singular plural nominative asna asnacha vocative a asna a asnacha genitive asna asnacha dative asna asnacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an asna na hasnacha genitive na hasna na n-asnacha dative leis an asna don asna leis na hasnacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of asna

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asna	n-asna	hasna	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “asna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

• asni m

Descendants

• Icelandic: asna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “asna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

• Spanish: asna

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaz.nɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaʒ.nɐ/

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

1. female equivalent of asno

Further reading

• “asna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “asna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansch

Alternative forms

• esna (Puter)

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 *ast-Vnyo- (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

Mutation of asna

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asna	n-asna	h-asna	t-asna

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “asna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasna/ [ˈaz.na]
• Rhymes: -asna
• Syllabification: as‧na

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

1. feminine of asno

Further reading

• “asno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025