apse
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “I bind, join”).
Noun edit
apse (plural apses or apsides)
- (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
- 1960, Leo Steinberg, San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane: A Study in Multiple Form and Architectural Symbolism:
- The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
- (astronomy, obsolete) Obsolete form of apsis.; The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
apse (plural apses)
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic *apse, from Proto-Indo-European *apsā, from *(H)osp-, already the name of the same tree.
Cognates include Lithuanian ẽpušė, dialectal ãpušė, apušė̃, Old Prussian abse, Proto-Slavic *o(p)sa (Russian оси́на (osína), Ukrainian оси́на (osýna), Belarusian асі́на (asína), all from earlier *o(p)sina, Bulgarian оси́ка (osíka), Czech dialectal and Polish osa, osina), Old High German aspa, Middle High German aspe, German Espe, Old Norse ǫsp, English asp, Swedish asp.[1]
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apse f (5th declension)
- aspen tree (esp. Populus tremula)
- apses koksne ― aspen wood
- smaržīgā apse ― fragrant aspen
- ātraudzīgā apse ― fast-growing aspen
- trīc kā apšu lapa ― (s/he) trembles like an aspen leaf
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References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “apse”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French abcès, from Latin abscessus.
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Noun edit
apse (definite accusative apseyi, plural apseler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | apse | |
Definite accusative | apseyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | apse | apseler |
Definite accusative | apseyi | apseleri |
Dative | apseye | apselere |
Locative | apsede | apselerde |
Ablative | apseden | apselerden |
Genitive | apsenin | apselerin |
Further reading edit
- “apse”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “apse”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı