asna

See also: åsna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈastna/
• Rhymes: -astna

Noun

asna f (genitive singular ösnu, nominative plural ösnur)

1. female donkey

Declension

declension of asna

f-w1	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

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Irish

Noun

asna f (genitive singular asna, nominative plural asnacha)

1. Alternative form of easna (“rib”)

Declension

Declension of asna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative asna asnacha Vocative a asna a asnacha Genitive asna asnacha Dative asna asnacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an asna na hasnacha Genitive na hasna na n-asnacha Dative leis an asna don asna leis na hasnacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asna	n-asna	hasna	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Latvian

Noun

asna m

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular form of asns

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Old Norse

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

References

• “asna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

asna f (plural asnas)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of asno

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) esna

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish asna (compare Irish easna), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “asna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 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