{"id":4961,"date":"2020-02-09T17:49:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2023-04-25T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:20:11","slug":"donkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/02\/09\/donkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>donkey<\/strong> (<em>Equus asinus<\/em>) and related beasts in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nickeynickey\/4670114022\/in\/photolist-87Fych-adhfUU-2Z1d8X-87FtKs-87Cf74-8vNszE-ao16hc-8EMcSo-VCrgmn-ndhQu-GP8gKG-aBnTkR-3Drux-aBqxe5-7BxMUo-59Ck3e-8oAPya-6maTqJ-2FEJge-2g5x3Zf-ZUn5LW-YcJUBj-XdBuVP-dcTyh-6AU4pL-jM77it-dZ1oM-8vKqxX-FQtSHA-7NqJw6-6H1A36-qkQLfb-416uWU-838vFb-pzXkx5-dyNp3g-A9Skwd-T6cUZ8-odA3gt-9w2dcm-RtuQtV-2hr7tcY-2onDrK-4DKQQu-JFgB7H-adeqDB-FLV2PF-KURAgC-2ioo2a6-7HwRNM\" title=\"The Donkey Sanctuary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1279\/4670114022_d0159a6da1_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Donkey Sanctuary\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asal<\/strong> =  ass, she-ass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asal, assal<\/strong> =  ass, she-ass<br \/>\n<strong>asan, assan<\/strong> =  ass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asal<\/strong> [\u02c8as\u02e0\u0259l\u02e0] =  ass, donkey<br \/>\n<strong>l\u00e1ir asail<\/strong> = she-ass<br \/>\n<strong>searrach asail<\/strong> = donkey foal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asal<\/strong> [asal\u032a\u02e0]= ass, donkey<br \/>\n<strong>aiseal<\/strong> [a\u0283\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] = ass, donkey<br \/>\n<strong>asan<\/strong> [asan] = ass, donkey<br \/>\n<strong>asalach<\/strong> = asinine<br \/>\n<strong>asal-stiallach<\/strong> = zebra<br \/>\n<strong>leth-asal<\/strong> = mule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>assyl<\/strong> = ass, donkey<br \/>\n<strong>assylagh<\/strong> = asinine<br \/>\n<strong>laair assyl<\/strong> = female donkey, jenny, she-ass<br \/>\n<strong>sharragh assyl<\/strong> = donkey foal<br \/>\n<strong>lieh-assyl, cabbyl assylagh<\/strong> = mule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asin, assyn<\/strong> = (male) donkey \/ (he-)ass<br \/>\n<strong>assenn, assen<\/strong> = donkey, ass; female donkey, she-ass, jenny<br \/>\n<strong>asennic<\/strong> = little\/young (female) donkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asyn<\/strong> [\u02c8as\u0268\u031en \/ \u02c8as\u026an] = (male) donkey \/ (he-)ass, an absurd or stubborn person<br \/>\n<strong>asyneiddiwch<\/strong> = asininity, mulishness, stupidity, obstinacy<br \/>\n<strong>asynnaidd<\/strong> = asininie, mulish, stupid, obstinate<br \/>\n<strong>asynnyn<\/strong> = little\/young donkey<br \/>\n<strong>asen<\/strong> [\u02c8as\u025bn] = donkey, ass; female donkey, she-ass, jenny<br \/>\n<strong>asennig<\/strong> = little\/young (female) donkey<br \/>\n<strong>asennyn<\/strong> = young\/little ass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asen<\/strong> = ass, donkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>asen<\/strong> = ass, donkey<br \/>\n<strong>asenik<\/strong> = ass foal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>azen, asenn, asen<\/strong> = donkey, ignorant man<br \/>\n<strong>azenaat<\/strong> = to become ignorant<br \/>\n<strong>azena\u00f1, as\u00e9nna<\/strong> = to give birth, farrowing (donkey)<br \/>\n<strong>azener<\/strong> = donkey-driver<br \/>\n<strong>azenerezh<\/strong> = stupid\/idiotic comment, stupidity<br \/>\n<strong>azenez<\/strong> = she-ass<br \/>\n<strong>azenig<\/strong> =  baby\/little donkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>azen<\/strong> = donkey<br \/>\n<strong>azena\u00f1<\/strong> = to give birth, farrowing (donkey)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: the Brythonic words come from the Latin <em>asina<\/em> from <em>asinus<\/em> (donkey, ass), which is of unknown origin [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asen#Welsh\">source<\/a>]. The Goidelic words come from the same root via the Latin <em>asellus<\/em> (young ass, donkey) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asellus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>ass<\/strong> (donkey) was borrowed from an old Brythonic language, via the Middle English <em>asse<\/em> (ass, donkey) and the Old English <em>assa<\/em> and <em>assen<\/em> (she-ass) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ass#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for donkey (Equus asinus) and related beasts in Celtic languages. Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) asal = ass, she-ass Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) asal, assal = ass, she-ass asan, assan = ass Irish (Gaeilge) asal [\u02c8as\u02e0\u0259l\u02e0] = ass, donkey l\u00e1ir asail = she-ass searrach asail = donkey foal Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) asal [asal\u032a\u02e0]= ass, donkey aiseal [a\u0283\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,16,26,19,20,21,3,36,22,5,6,77,37,7,27,71,10,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-english-englisch","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4961"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7259,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions\/7259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}