# ás
## Galician
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ás f pl
* plural of á

### Etymology 2

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + feminine plural definite article as (“the”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /as/

#### Contraction

ás f pl (masculine sg ao, feminine sg á, masculine plural aos)
* to the, towards the

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of unknown origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaːʃ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːʃ

### Verb

ás
* (transitive, intransitive) to dig

#### Derived terms

* ásatag
* ásatás
* ásás
* ásó
* ásvány
(With verbal prefixes):
* aláás
* beás
* beleás
* elás
* előás
* felás
* kiás
* leás
* megás
* aki másnak vermet ás, maga esik bele

### References

* ↑ ás in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* ás in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* ás in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /auːs/
* Rhymes: -auːs

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansaz.

#### Noun

ás m (genitive singular áss, nominative plural ásar)
* beam, rafter, pole
* axis

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse áss, likely from Proto-Germanic *amsaz, cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams, “shoulder”), but possibly the same as ás (1).

#### Noun

ás m (genitive singular áss, nominative plural ásar)
* long low hill, (low) ridge

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin ās, perhaps via Middle Low German [Term?].

#### Noun

ás m (genitive singular áss, nominative plural ásar)
* pip (one of the spots on a die)
* the side of a die that has only one pip
* ace (playing card)

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

From Old Norse áss, ǫ́ss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”).

#### Alternative forms

* Ás

#### Noun

ás m (genitive singular áss, nominative plural æsir)
* one of the Æsir, the principal Norse gods

##### Declension

$^1$Archaic.

### Anagrams

* sá

## Irish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

ás m (genitive singular áis, nominative plural ásanna)
* ace; jot

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ás
ásanna
vocative
a áis
a ásanna
genitive
áis
ásanna
dative
ás
ásanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ás
na hásanna
genitive
an áis
na n-ásanna
dative
leis an ás don ás
leis na hásanna :

### 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) “ás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “ace”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

## Old Norse
### Noun

ás
* accusative/dative singular of áss

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa(j)s/ [ˈa(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa(j)s/ [ˈa(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈa(j)ʃ/ [ˈa(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈaʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
* Homophones: hás, às, as (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: ás

### Etymology 1

From Latin as (“a type of Roman coin”).

#### Alternative forms

* az (obsolete)

#### Noun

ás m (plural ases)
* ace (card with a single spot)
* ace (an expert at something)
    Synonyms: especialista, expert
* (military aviation) ace (pilot who shot down five or more enemy aircraft)

##### See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) :
| ás | dois, duque | três, terno | quatro, quadra | cinco, quina | seis, sena | sete, bisca, manilha |
| oito | nove | dez | valete | dama | rei | jóquer, curinga |

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

ás
* plural of á