aska

See also: åska, äska, and Aška

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

Noun

aska

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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
  • Icelandic: aska
  • Faroese: øska
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: aske
    Nynorsk: oske, oska
  • Old Swedish: aska
  • Old Danish: askæ

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

aska f

  1. ash (combustion residue)

Descendants

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 — —
Related terms
  • 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
Supine askat askats
Imperative aska —
Imper. plural1 asken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative askar askade askas askades
Ind. plural1 aska askade askas askades
Subjunctive2 aske askade askes askades
Participles
Present participle askande
Past participle askad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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