# asna
## Icelandic
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈastna/
* Rhymes: -astna

### Noun

asna f (genitive singular ösnu, nominative plural ösnur)
* female donkey

#### Declension
## Irish
### Noun

asna f (genitive singular asna, nominative plural asnacha)
* Alternative form of easna (“rib”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
asna
asnacha
vocative
a asna
a asnacha
genitive
asna
asnacha
dative
asna
asnacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an asna
na hasnacha
genitive
na hasna
na n-asnacha
dative
leis an asna don asna
leis na hasnacha :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Latvian
### Noun

asna m
* genitive singular of asns

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈasna/
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### Noun

asna f (genitive ǫsnu, plural ǫsnur)
* a she-ass, female donkey

#### Hypernyms

* asni m

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: asna

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “asna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈazna/

### Noun

asna f (plural asnas)
* female equivalent of asno; a she-ass, a female donkey

#### Descendants

* Spanish: asna

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese asna, from Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaz.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaz.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈaʒ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈaz.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈaʒ.nɐ/

### Noun

asna f (plural asnas)
* female equivalent of asno

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* esna (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin asina, feminine of asinus.

### Noun

asna f (plural asnas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) female donkey, ass

#### Coordinate terms

* (sex):
** (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) asen
** (Surmiran, Vallader) asan

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish asna (compare Irish easna), from Proto-Celtic *ast-Vnyo- (compare Welsh eis), from pre-Celtic *astonyo-, *h₂estnijo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óst (gen. *h₂ésts), *h₃ost- (“bone”).

### Noun

asna f (genitive singular asna, plural asnaichean)
* (anatomy) rib

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “asna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Noun

asna f (plural asnas)
* feminine of asno

### Further reading

* “asno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10