ąsa

Lithuanian

Ąsočio ąsa - A jug's handle

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian osa, Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ans-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”), Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“handle, loop”)). Similarity with Proto-Germanic *ansaz (“beam”) has been discussed in the literature, although it is unclear. Compare also Proto-Finnic *ansa, which is borrowed from the Balto-Slavic root.

Noun

ąsà f (plural ą̃sos) stress pattern 4

1. handle (of a cup, jug, etc.)

   Hypernym: rankenà (from rankà)

Declension

Declension of ąsà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ąsà	ą̃sos
genitive (kilmininkas)	ąsõs	ąsų̃
dative (naudininkas)	ą̃sai	ąsóms
accusative (galininkas)	ą̃są	ąsàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ąsà	ąsomìs
locative (vietininkas)	ąsojè	ąsosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ą̃sa	ą̃sos

Derived terms

• ąsõtis (“jug”)