esil

See also: eşil and əsil

Estonian

Noun

esil

1. adessive plural of esi

Faroese

Alternative forms

• asni
• ásin

Etymology

From Danish æsel, from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːsɪl/

  Rhymes: -eːsɪl

Noun

esil n (genitive singular esils, plural esil)

1. donkey, ass

Declension

n13	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	esil	eslið	esil	eslini
accusative	esil	eslið	esil	eslini
dative	esli	eslinum	eslum	eslunum
genitive	esils	esilsins	esla	eslanna

Anagrams

• esli
• lesi
• seli

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *asil, a borrowing from Late Latin asellus.

Noun

esil m

1. donkey (a domestic animal)

Descendants

• Middle Low German: esel
  • Low German: Esel
  • Plautdietsch: Äsel
  • → Danish: æsel
    • → Faroese: esil
  • → Estonian: eesel (or from German)
  • → Norwegian: esel
  • → Polabian: asål