asse
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
asse (plural asses)
Etymology 2
Noun
asse (plural asses)
- (obsolete) A small fox-like animal (Vulpes chama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “asse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.
Verb
asse
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
asse m (plural asses)
- A type of pickaxe used in tunneling
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin axis, axem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).
Noun
asse f (plural assi)
Etymology 2
From Latin assis, variant of axis.
Noun
asse m (plural assi)
- axle
- (mathematics, physics) axis
- (anatomy) axis (vertebra)
- Synonym: epistrofeo
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
asse f (plural assi)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) as (any of several coins of Rome)
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) asse
Lule Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *ësē.
Noun
asse
Inflection
Even e-stem, ss-s gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | asse | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ase | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | asse | ase | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | asev | asijt | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ase | asij | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | assáj | asijda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Inessive | asen | asijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elative | ases | asijs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | asijn | asij | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | asedagá asedagi |
asijdagá asijdagi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | assen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Middle English
Verb
asse
- Alternative form of axen (“to ask”)
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ad-sādo-syos.[1]
Adjective
asse (comparative asu)
Declension
io/iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | asse | asse | asse |
Vocative | assi | ||
Accusative | asse | assi | |
Genitive | assi | asse | assi |
Dative | assiu | assi | assiu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | assi | assi | |
Vocative | assi assiu* | ||
Accusative | assi assiu* | ||
Genitive | asse | ||
Dative | assib | ||
Notes | * when substantivized |
Derived terms
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
asse (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-asse |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 assa(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sādo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 318
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
asse
Pite Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *ësē.
Noun
asse
Inflection
Even e-stem, ss-s gradation | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | asse | |
Genitive | ase | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | asse | ase |
Accusative | asev | isijt |
Genitive | ase | isij |
Illative | assáj | isijda |
Inessive | asen | isijn |
Elative | asest ases |
isijst isijs |
Comitative | isijn | isij |
Essive | assen |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Portuguese
Verb
asse
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