"assa" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑs.sɑ/
Etymology: Back-formation from assen, from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus. Etymology templates: {{back-form|ang|assen}} Back-formation from assen, {{der|ang|cel}} Celtic, {{cog|sga|asan}} Old Irish asan, {{cog|oco|asen}} Old Cornish asen, {{der|ang|la|asinus}} Latin asinus Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=assa|head2=|sort=}} assa m, {{ang-noun|m|head=assa}} assa m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|ass}}, {{ang-decl-noun|assa|assan|assan|assan|assan|assena|assan|assum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], assa [nominative, singular], assan [nominative, plural], assan [accusative, singular], assan [accusative, plural], assan [genitive, singular], assena [genitive, plural], assan [dative, singular], assum [dative, plural], asse [alternative]
  1. ass, donkey Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-assa-ang-noun-BPvgCW0k Categories (other): Old English back-formations, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Equids

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "asse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: asse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: asse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ass"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ass",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ass"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "ess"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: ess",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: ess"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "assen"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from assen",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cel"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "asan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish asan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oco",
        "2": "asen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish asen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "asinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin asinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from assen, from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "assa",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "assa m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "assa"
      },
      "expansion": "assa m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ass"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "assa",
        "2": "assan",
        "3": "assan",
        "4": "assan",
        "5": "assan",
        "6": "assena",
        "7": "assan",
        "8": "assum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "ang:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ass, donkey"
      ],
      "id": "en-assa-ang-noun-BPvgCW0k",
      "links": [
        [
          "ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑs.sɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assa"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "asse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: asse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: asse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ass"
          },
          "expansion": "English: ass",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: ass"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "ess"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: ess",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: ess"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "assen"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from assen",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cel"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "asan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish asan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oco",
        "2": "asen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish asen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "asinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin asinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from assen, from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asse",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "assa",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "assa m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "assa"
      },
      "expansion": "assa m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ass"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "assa",
        "2": "assan",
        "3": "assan",
        "4": "assan",
        "5": "assan",
        "6": "assena",
        "7": "assan",
        "8": "assum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English back-formations",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English palindromes",
        "Old English terms derived from Celtic languages",
        "Old English terms derived from Latin",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Equids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ass, donkey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑs.sɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assa"
}

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