aska

See also: åska, äska, and Aška

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaska/

  Rhymes: -aska

Etymology 1

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun

aska f (genitive singular ösku, no plural)

1. ashes, ash

   Aska hylur vígvöllinn eftir að sprengjurnar féllu.

   The battlefield is covered in ashes after the bombs had fallen.

Declension

declension of aska

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	aska	askan
accusative	ösku	öskuna
dative	ösku	öskunni
genitive	ösku	öskunnar

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bölva í sand og ösku
• rísa upp úr öskunni
• sitja í sekk og ösku/setjast í sekk og ösku or leggjast í sekk og ösku/liggja í sekk og ösku
• skara ösku af eldi (=láta sverfa til stáls)
• úr öskunni í eldinn

Etymology 2

Noun

aska

1. indefinite accusative plural of askur
2. indefinite genitive plural of askur

Anagrams

• saka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• asken

Noun

aska m or f

1. definite feminine singular of aske

Old High German

Noun

aska f

1. Alternative spelling of asca

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ, whence also Old English æsce (English ash), Old Saxon aska (Middle Low German asche), Old High German asca (German Asche), Dutch as, West Frisian jiske, Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō).

Noun

aska f

1. ashes, ash

Declension

  Declension of aska (weak ōn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	aska	askan
accusative	ǫsku	ǫskuna
dative	ǫsku	ǫskunni
genitive	ǫsku	ǫskunnar

Descendants

• Icelandic: aska
• Faroese: øska
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aske

  Nynorsk: oske, oska

• Old Swedish: aska
  • Swedish: aska
• Old Danish: askæ
  • Danish: aske

References

• “aska”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *askā, whence also Old English æsce, Old High German asca, Old Norse aska.

Noun

aska f

1. ash (combustion residue)

Descendants

• Middle Low German: asche
  • German Low German: Asch
  • Plautdietsch: Ausch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aska c (uncountable)

1. ashes, ash

Declension

Declension of aska
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aska	askan	—	—
Genitive	askas	askans	—	—

Related terms

Related terms

• askmoln
• askonsdag
• säck och aska
• ur askan i elden

Verb

aska (present askar, preterite askade, supine askat, imperative aska)

1. to ash, to remove ashes from a cigaret, smoking pipe, stove, or burner
2. to coat or cover (goat cheese) with ash

Conjugation

Conjugation of aska (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	aska		askas
Supine	askat		askats
Imperative	aska		—
Imper. plural1	asken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	askar	askade	askas	askades
Ind. plural1	aska	askade	askas	askades
Subjunctive2	aske	askade	askes	askades
	Participles
Present participle	askande
Past participle	askad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• aska in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• kasa, saka