asp
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Etymology 1
From Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”)
Noun
asp (plural asps)
- (archaic) A water snake.
- A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
- The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)
- A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
Synonyms
- (Vipera aspis): asp viper, European asp, aspis viper
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Etymology 2
From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-Germanic *aspō (compare Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp), from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (compare Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs 'fir', Latvian apse, Polish osa, Armenian op'i 'poplar').
Noun
asp (plural asps)
- The aspen tree.
- 1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy (page 233)
- Having decimated groves of cedar, quaking asps, weeping willows, poplars, and fruit trees on the last day of January, Alva C. Griest of the Seventy-second Indiana believed he "was doing wrong all the time we were at it."
- 1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy (page 233)
Translations
Irish
Etymology
From Latin aspis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra”).
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
asp | n-asp | hasp | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "asp" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “asp” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “asp” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫsp, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”).
Noun
asp c
- Aspen; a type of poplar tree. (Populus tremula)
- A type of fish. (Aspius aspius)
- An African snake. (Vipera aspis)