See also: Ezel

Breton edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Breton esel, from Proto-Celtic *asselī. Compare Cornish esel and Irish esel.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ezel m

  1. member

Dutch edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːzəl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: e‧zel
  • Rhymes: -eːzəl

Noun edit

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n, feminine ezelin)

  1. donkey, ass, Equus asinus or Equus asinus asinus
    Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.
    A donkey brays: “hee-haw, hee-haw”.
  2. fool, idiot
    Wat doen jullie nu? Stomme ezels!
    What are you doing? Dumb asses!
  3. easel
    Synonym: schildersezel
    Ezel en palet zijn onmisbare hulpmiddelen van de landschapsschilder.
    Easel and palette are essential tools of the landscape painter.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

Anagrams edit

Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ezel m animal

  1. donkey (domestic animal)
    Synonym: wósoł

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Turkish edit

Noun edit

ezel (definite accusative ezeli, uncountable)

  1. eternity, time stretching back without beginning

Declension edit

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

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian *esel, from Proto-West Germanic *asil.

Noun edit

ezel c (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltsje or ezelke)

  1. (dated) donkey

Further reading edit

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