"esel" meaning in Middle Dutch

See esel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|esil}} Old Dutch esil, {{der|dum|la-lat|asellus}} Late Latin asellus Head templates: {{head|dum|noun||{{{stem}}}-||{{{stem2}}}-|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=ēsel|head2=|sort=}} ēsel m, {{dum-noun|m|head=ēsel}} ēsel m Inflection templates: {{dum-decl-noun-st-m|ēsel}} Forms: ēsel [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēsel [nominative, singular], ēsele [nominative, plural], ēsel [accusative, singular], ēsele [accusative, plural], ēsels [genitive, singular], ēsele [genitive, plural], ēsele [dative, singular], ēselen [dative, plural]
  1. donkey
    Sense id: en-esel-dum-noun-0i8RWr1r Categories (other): Equids, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 26 16 4 46 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 27 9 3 56 3 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. fool, idiot
    Sense id: en-esel-dum-noun-Bb8LxHSx
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Sotho",
              "lang_code": "st",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "esele"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Xhosa",
              "lang_code": "xh",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "i-esile"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "esel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "easel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Negerhollands",
          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "esel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "ezel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "aezel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "esil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch esil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "asellus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin asellus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēsel",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dum-decl-noun-st-m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsels",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēselen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{stem}}}-",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{stem2}}}-",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "ēsel",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ēsel m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "ēsel"
      },
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ēsel"
      },
      "name": "dum-decl-noun-st-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "dum",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "dum:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 26 16 4 46 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 27 9 3 56 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "donkey"
      ],
      "id": "en-esel-dum-noun-0i8RWr1r",
      "links": [
        [
          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fool, idiot"
      ],
      "id": "en-esel-dum-noun-Bb8LxHSx",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "esel"
}
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    "Middle Dutch lemmas",
    "Middle Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Middle Dutch nouns",
    "Middle Dutch strong masculine nouns",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Sotho",
              "lang_code": "st",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "esele"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Xhosa",
              "lang_code": "xh",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "i-esile"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "esel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "easel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Negerhollands",
          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "esel"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "ezel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "aezel"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "odt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch esil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "asellus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin asellus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēsel",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dum-decl-noun-st-m",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsel",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsels",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēsele",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēselen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{stem}}}-",
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        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ēsel m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "ēsel"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ēsel"
      },
      "name": "dum-decl-noun-st-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "dum:Equids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "donkey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fool, idiot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "esel"
}

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