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Asal

Asal

See also: asal

Turkish

Proper noun

Asal

  1. A male given name

asal

asal

See also: Asal

Cebuano

Noun

asal

  1. roasting

Verb

asal

  1. To roast, to roast a whole animal.

Indonesian

Noun

asal

  1. source, origin

Derived terms

  • berasal (originate from, come from)

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish asal (ass, she-ass), from Latin asellus (small or young donkey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasˠəlˠ/

Noun

asal m (genitive singular asail, nominative plural asail)

  1. ass, donkey

Declension

  • Traditional dative plural: asalaibh

Derived terms

  • láir asail (she-ass)
  • searrach asail (donkey’s foal)
  • stail asail (jackass)

Mutation

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

References

  • asal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “asal” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 11.
  • "asal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin asellus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasal/

Noun

asal m, f

  1. ass, donkey

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Irish: asal
  • Manx: assyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: asal

Mutation

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

References

  • asal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish asal, from Latin asellus.

Noun

asal m (genitive singular asail, plural asalan)

  1. donkey, ass

Derived terms

References

  • asal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Turkish

Adjective

asal (comparative daha asal, superlative en asal)

  1. (chemistry) noble (gas)
  2. (linguistics) cardinal
  3. (mathematics) prime (number)

Synonyms

  • esasi

Uzbek

Noun

asal (plural asallar)

  1. honey