asni

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse asni, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French asne, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin asinus.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈasnɪ/

  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -asnɪ

Noun

asni m (genitive singular asna, plural asnar)

1. donkey, ass

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	asni	asnin	asnar	asnarnir
accusative	asna	asnan	asnar	asnarnar
dative	asna	asnanum	asnum	asnunum
genitive	asna	asnans	asna	asnanna

Anagrams

• ansi
• sina

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse asni, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French asne, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin asinus.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈastnɪ/

  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -astnɪ

Noun

1. donkey, ass
2. a stupid person, jerk, ass

Anagrams

• ansi
• sina

Derived terms

• grasasni

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Old French asne, from Latin asinus.

Noun

asni m

1. ass, donkey

Declension

  Declension of asni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	asni	asninn	asnar	asnarnir
accusative	asna	asnann	asna	asnana
dative	asna	asnanum	ǫsnum	ǫsnunum
genitive	asna	asnans	asna	asnanna

Coordinate terms

• asna f (“she-ass”)

Descendants

• Faroese: asni
• Icelandic: asni
• Norwegian: asen
• Swedish: åsna

References

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