assa

See also: Assã, ässä, and asså

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.sa]

Noun

assa f (plural asses)

1. summer snowflake, a plant of species Leucojum aestivum

Further reading

• “assa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cornish

Interjection

assa

1. how

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

assa

1. today

Latin

Pronunciation

• assa: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/, [ˈäs̠ːä]
• assa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/, [ˈäsːä]
• assā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.saː/, [ˈäs̠ːäː]
• assā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sa/, [ˈäsːä]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

assa

1. inflection of assus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

assā

1. ablative feminine singular of assus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

assā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of assō

References

• “assa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• assa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• assa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “assa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “assa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian asse, from Latin axis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasa/ (Milanese)

Noun

assa f

1. axis, axle

Derived terms

• assada
• asson

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasa]

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ass- (“out of”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

Determiner

assa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition; ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis; ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. out of his/her/its/their
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9^d24

     arna dich cách assa dligud i n-adaltras tri láthar demuin et tri bar nebcongabthetit-si

     lest everyone go out of his duty into adultery through the Devil’s machination and through your incontinence

Conjunction

assa

1. Added between two copies of a comparative adjective to indicate a gradual increase of degree: and

   ferr assa ferr

   better and better

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12^b34a

     Nesso assa nesso, ↄdid·tánicc fessin.

     Nearer and nearer, until [Paul] has come to himself.

Etymology 2

Adjective

assa

1. Alternative form of asse (“easy”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
assa	unchanged	n-assa
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), “1 assa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• अस्स (Devanagari script)
• অস্স (Bengali script)
• අස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• အဿ or ဢသ်သ (Burmese script)
• อสฺส or อัสสะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ອສ຺ສ or ອັສສະ (Lao script)
• អស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अश्व (aśva), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

assa m

1. a horse

Declension

Declension table of "assa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	asso	assā
Accusative (second)	assaṃ	asse
Instrumental (third)	assena	assehi or assebhi
Dative (fourth)	assassa or assāya or assatthaṃ	assānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	assasmā or assamhā or assā	assehi or assebhi
Genitive (sixth)	assassa	assānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	assasmiṃ or assamhi or asse	assesu
Vocative (calling)	assa	assā

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्य (asya).

Adjective

assa

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ima (“this”)

Pronoun

assa

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of ima (“this”)

Etymology 3

Verb

assa

1. second/third-person singular optative active of atthi (“to be”)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “assa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: as‧sa
• Rhymes: -asɐ

Verb

assa

1. inflection of assar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative