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assa

See also: Assã, ässä, and asså

Catalan

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Noun

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assa f (plural asses)

  1. summer snowflake, a plant of species Leucojum aestivum

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Cornish

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Interjection

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assa

  1. how

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Kabyle

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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assa

  1. today

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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assa

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

Adjective

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assā

  1. ablative feminine singular of assus

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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assā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of assō

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian asse, from Latin axis.

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Noun

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assa f

  1. axis, axle

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Old English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from assen, from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus.

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Noun

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assa m

  1. ass, donkey

Declension

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Declension of assa (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative assa assas
accusative assa assas
genitive asses assa
dative asse assum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: asse

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Determiner

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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. 9d24
      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

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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. 12b34a
      Nesso assa nesso, ↄdid·tánicc fessin.
      Nearer and nearer, until [Paul] has come to himself.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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assa

  1. Alternative form of asse (“easy”)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
assa
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-assa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pali

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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assa m

  1. a horse
Declension
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Declension table of "assa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)assoassā
Accusative (second)assaṃasse
Instrumental (third)assenaassehi or assebhi
Dative (fourth)assassa or assāya or assatthaṃassānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)assasmā or assamhā or assāassehi or assebhi
Genitive (sixth)assassaassānaṃ
Locative (seventh)assasmiṃ or assamhi or asseassesu
Vocative (calling)assaassā

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit अस्य (asya).

Adjective

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assa

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

Pronoun

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assa

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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assa

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

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: as‧sa
  • Rhymes: -asɐ

Verb

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assa

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