ezel

See also: Ezel

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton esel, from Proto-Celtic *asselī. Compare Cornish esel and Irish esel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.zɛl/

Noun

ezel m

1. member

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzəl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: e‧zel
• Rhymes: -eːzəl

Noun

ezel m (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltje n, feminine ezelin)

1. donkey, ass (Equus asinus or Equus asinus asinus)

   Een ezel balkt: “i-aa, i-aa”.

   A donkey brays: “hee-haw, hee-haw”.

2. fool, idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idioot

   Wat doen jullie nu? Stomme ezels!

   What are you doing? Dumb asses!

3. easel

   Synonym: schildersezel

   Ezel en palet zijn onmisbare hulpmiddelen van de landschapsschilder.

   Easel and palette are essential tools of the landscape painter.

Derived terms

• een ezel stoot zich geen tweemaal aan dezelfde steen
• ezelachtig
• ezelen
• ezelin
• ezelsbrug
• ezelshoofd
• ezelsmelk
• ezelsoor
• ezelspinguïn
• ezelsrug
• ezelsveulen
• muilezel
• steenezel
• wilde ezel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: esel
  • → Sotho: esele
  • → Xhosa: i-esile
• → English: easel
• Negerhollands: esel

Anagrams

• leze

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Esel, from Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. Doublet of wósoł.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɛl/

Noun

ezel m anim

1. donkey (domestic animal)

   Synonym: wósoł

Declension

Declension of ezel

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ezel	ezela	ezele
Genitive	ezela	ezelowu	ezelow
Dative	ezeloju	ezeloma	ezelam
Accusative	ezela	ezelowu	ezele, ezelow
Instrumental	ezelom	ezeloma	ezelami
Locative	ezelu	ezeloma	ezelach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ezel”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ازل (ezel), from Arabic أَزَل (ʔazal).

Noun

ezel (definite accusative ezeli, uncountable)

1. eternity, time stretching back without beginning

Declension

Declension of ezel

	singular	plural
nominative	ezel	—
definite accusative	ezeli	—
dative	ezele	—
locative	ezelde	—
ablative	ezelden	—
genitive	ezelin	—

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *esel, from Proto-West Germanic *asil.

Cognate with Dutch ezel, German Esel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzəl/

Noun

ezel c (plural ezels, diminutive ezeltsje or ezelke)

1. (dated) donkey

Further reading

• “ezel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011