assyl
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish asal (“ass, she-ass”), from Latin asellus (“small or young donkey”).
Noun edit
assyl m (genitive singular assyl, plural assylyn)
Derived terms edit
- assyl bwoirrin, laair assyl (“she-ass”)
- assyl feie, assyl oaldey (“wild ass”)
- caairt assyl (“donkey-cart”)
- collagh assyl (“jackass”)
- immanagh assyl (“donkey-driver”)
- lhiy assyl (“donkey-colt”)
- sharragh assyl (“donkey-foal”)
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “asal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language