asp
Translingual
Symbol
asp
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Algerian Sign Language.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æsp/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æsp
Etymology 1
From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.
Noun
asp (plural asps)
- (archaic) A water snake.
- A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
- The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
- (figurative) An evil person; a snake.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:
- 'Two thousand years ago did thou and I and that Egyptian asp rest therein, but since then have I not set foot here, nor any man, and perchance it has fallen,' and, followed by the rest of us, she passed up a vast flight of broken and ruined steps into the outer court, and looked round into the gloom.
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- A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
Synonyms
- (Vipera aspis): asp viper, European asp, aspis viper
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-.
See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʿi, “poplar”).
Noun
asp (plural asps)
- The aspen tree.
Derived terms
- quaking asp
Noun
asp
- (UK, law, in citation) Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament.
- Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009 asp 9)
Translations
Anagrams
- APS, APs, PAS, PAs, PSA, Pas, Psa., SAP, SPA, Spa, pas, s.ap., sap, spa
Irish
Etymology
From Latin aspis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra”).
Noun
asp f (genitive singular aspa, nominative plural aspanna)
- asp
- Synonym: foiléasán (literary)
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms:
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “asp”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “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
Noun
asp
- Alternative form of aspe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫsp, ösp.
Noun
asp f or m (definite singular aspa or aspen, indefinite plural asper, definite plural aspene)
- alternative form of osp
References
- “asp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
asp m (definite singular aspen, indefinite plural aspar, definite plural aspane)
- (zoology) asp (Aspius aspius)
References
- “asp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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)
Declension
Declension of asp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | asp | aspen | aspar | asparna |
Genitive | asps | aspens | aspars | asparnas |
Anagrams
- SAP, spa.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫsp, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”). Cognate with Swedish asp.
Pronunciation
- (Umeå) IPA(key): [¹asːp][1]
- (Bygdeå, Burträsk, Lövånger, Skellefteå) IPA(key): [¹æsːp][1]
- Rhymes: -óːr
Noun
asp f (definite aspʼa, plural aspʼ, definite plural aspen)
- Aspen.[1]
Derived terms
- aspskav
References
- Lindgren, J. V., “asp r.”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 5