assa

See also: Assã, ässä, and asså

Cornish

Interjection

assa

1. how

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

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Kabyle

Etymology

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

Adverb

assa

1. today

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Latin

Pronunciation

• assa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/, [ˈäs̠ːä]
• assa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/, [ˈäsːä]
• assā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.saː/, [ˈäs̠ːäː]
• assā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/, [ˈäsːä]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

assa

1. inflection of assus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

assā

1. ablative feminine singular of assus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

assā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of assō

References

• “assa”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “assa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• assa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• assa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “assa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “assa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian asse, from Latin axis.

Noun

assa

1. axis, axle

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasa]

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ass- (“out of”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

assa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition; ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis; ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. out of his/her/its/their

Etymology 2

Adjective

assa

1. Alternative form of asse (“easy”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
assa	unchanged	n-assa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 3

Conjunction

assa

1. Added between two copies of a comparative adjective to indicate a gradual increase of degree: and

   ferr assa ferr

   better and better

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12^b34a

     Nesso assa nesso, ↄdid·tánicc fessin.

     Nearer and nearer, until [Paul] has come to himself.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 assa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• अस्स (Devanagari script)
• অস্স (Bengali script)
• අස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• အဿ or ဢသ်သ (Burmese script)
• อสฺส or อัสสะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ອສ຺ສ or ອັສສະ (Lao script)
• អស្ស (Khmer script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अश्व (aśva), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

assa m

1. a horse

Declension

Declension table of "assa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	asso	assā
Accusative (second)	assaṃ	asse
Instrumental (third)	assena	assehi or assebhi
Dative (fourth)	assassa or assāya or assatthaṃ	assānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	assasmā or assamhā or assā	assehi or assebhi
Genitive (sixth)	assassa	assānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	assasmiṃ or assamhi or asse	assesu
Vocative (calling)	assa	assā

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्य (asya).

Adjective

assa

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ima (“this”)

Pronoun

assa

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ima (“this”)

Etymology 3

Verb

assa

1. second/third-person singular optative active of atthi (“to be”)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sɐ/, [ˈa.sɐ]

• Hyphenation: as‧sa
• Rhymes: -asɐ

Verb

assa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of assar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of assar