ezel

See also: Ezel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzəl/

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• Hyphenation: e‧zel
• Rhymes: -eːzəl

Noun

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n)

1. donkey, ass

   Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.

   A donkey howls: “ee-aa, ee-aa”.

2. fool, idiot

   Wat doen jullie nu? Stomme ezels!

   What are you doing? Dumb asses!

3. easel

   Ezel en palet zijn onmisbare hulpmiddelen van de landschapsschilder.

   Easel and palette are essential tools of the landscape painter.

   Synonym: schildersezel

Derived terms

• een ezel stoot zich geen twee maal aan dezelfde steen
• ezelachtig
• ezelin
• ezelsbrug
• ezelsmelk
• ezelsoor
• ezelsveulen
• muilezel
• steenezel
• wilde ezel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: esel
  • → Sotho: esele
  • → Xhosa: i-esile
• → English: easel

Anagrams

• leze

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. Doublet of wósoł.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɛl/

Noun

ezel m ?

1. donkey (domestic animal)

   Synonym: wósoł

Declension

Declension of ezel

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ezel	ezela	ezele
Genitive	ezela	ezelowu	ezelow
Dative	ezeloju	ezeloma	ezelam
Accusative	ezela	ezelowu	ezele, ezelow
Instrumental	ezelom	ezeloma	ezelami
Locative	ezelu	ezeloma	ezelach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ezel”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Turkish

Noun

ezel (definite accusative ezeli, uncountable)

1. eternity, time stretching back without beginning

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ezel
Definite accusative	ezeli
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ezel	—
Definite accusative	ezeli	—
Dative	ezele	—
Locative	ezelde	—
Ablative	ezelden	—
Genitive	ezelin	—

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West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

ezel c (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltsje or ezelke)

1. (dated) donkey

Further reading

• “ezel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011