aska

See also: åska

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaska/
    Rhymes: -aska

Etymology 1

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun

aska f (genitive singular ösku, no plural)

  1. ashes, ash
    Aska hylur vígvöllinn eftir að sprengjurnar féllu.
    The battlefield is covered in ashes after the bombs had fallen.
Declension
declension of aska
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative aska askan
accusative ösku öskuna
dative ösku öskunni
genitive ösku öskunnar
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • bölva í sand og ösku
  • rísa upp úr öskunni
  • sitja í sekk og ösku/setjast í sekk og ösku or leggjast í sekk og ösku/liggja í sekk og ösku

Etymology 2

Noun

aska

  1. indefinite accusative plural of askur
  2. indefinite genitive plural of askur

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Noun

aska m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of aske

Old High German

Noun

aska f

  1. Alternative spelling of asca

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ, whence also Old English æsce (English ash), Old Saxon aska (Middle Low German asche), Old High German asca (German Asche), Dutch as, West Frisian jiske, Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō).

Noun

aska f

  1. ashes, ash

Declension
  Declension of aska (weak ōn-stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative aska askan
accusative ǫsku ǫskuna
dative ǫsku ǫskunni
genitive ǫsku ǫskunnar

Descendants

References
  • aska in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ, whence also Old English æsce, Old High German asca, Old Norse aska.

Noun

aska f

  1. ash (combustion residue)

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: asche
    • Low German: Asch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation
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Noun

aska c (uncountable)

  1. ashes, ash

Declension
Declension of aska 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative aska askan — —
Genitive askas askans — —
→
  • askmoln
  • askonsdag
  • säck och aska
  • ur askan i elden

Verb

aska (present askar, preterite askade, supine askat, imperative aska)

  1. to ash, to remove ashes from a cigaret, smoking pipe, stove, or burner
  2. to coat or cover (goat cheese) with ash

Conjugation
Conjugation of aska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive aska askas
Present tense askar askas
Past tense askade askades
Supine askat askats
Imperative aska —
Present participle askande
Past participle askad
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