"asin" meaning in Romanian

See asin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form. Etymology templates: {{der|ro|la|asinus}} Latin asinus Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|asini|f=asină}} asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=asinilor|gpi=asini|gsd=asinului|gsi=asin|n=|npd=asinii|npi=asini|nsd=asinul|nsi=asin|vp=asinilor|vs=asinule|vs2=}} Forms: asini [plural], equivalent asină [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], asin [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], asinul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], asini [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], asinii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], asin [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], asinului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], asini [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], asinilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], asinule [singular, vocative], asinilor [plural, vocative], asen [alternative, obsolete], asîn [alternative, obsolete], asân [alternative, obsolete]
  1. (regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey Tags: Transylvania, masculine, regional Synonyms: măgar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "asîn",
      "asîn#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "asân",
      "asân#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "asinus",
      "asinus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "asinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin asinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "equivalent asină",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asîn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asân",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "asini",
        "f": "asină"
      },
      "expansion": "asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "gpd": "asinilor",
        "gpi": "asini",
        "gsd": "asinului",
        "gsi": "asin",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "asinii",
        "npi": "asini",
        "nsd": "asinul",
        "nsi": "asin",
        "vp": "asinilor",
        "vs": "asinule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 41 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional Romanian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Transylvanian Romanian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Equids",
          "orig": "ro:Equids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ass, donkey"
      ],
      "id": "en-asin-ro-noun-BPvgCW0k",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "măgar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Transylvania",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "asin"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "asîn",
      "asîn#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "asân",
      "asân#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "asinus",
      "asinus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "asinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin asinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "equivalent asină",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asinilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asîn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asân",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "asini",
        "f": "asină"
      },
      "expansion": "asin m (plural asini, feminine equivalent asină)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "gpd": "asinilor",
        "gpi": "asini",
        "gsd": "asinului",
        "gsi": "asin",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "asinii",
        "npi": "asini",
        "nsd": "asinul",
        "nsi": "asin",
        "vp": "asinilor",
        "vs": "asinule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 41 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Regional Romanian",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
        "Transylvanian Romanian",
        "ro:Equids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ass, donkey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "ass",
          "ass"
        ],
        [
          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regional, chiefly Transylvania) ass, donkey"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "măgar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Transylvania",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "asin"
}

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