aspa

aspa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pa/

Noun

aspa f (plural aspes)

1. sail (blade of a windmill)

Further reading

• “aspa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of asiakaspalvelu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑspɑ/, [ˈɑs̠pɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑspɑ
• Syllabification^(key): as‧pa

Noun

aspa

1. (colloquial) customer service (department)

Declension

Inflection of aspa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		aspa	aspat
genitive		aspan	aspojen
partitive		aspaa	aspoja
illative		aspaan	aspoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aspa	aspat
accusative	nom.	aspa	aspat
	gen.	aspan
genitive		aspan	aspojen aspainrare
partitive		aspaa	aspoja
inessive		aspassa	aspoissa
elative		aspasta	aspoista
illative		aspaan	aspoihin
adessive		aspalla	aspoilla
ablative		aspalta	aspoilta
allative		aspalle	aspoille
essive		aspana	aspoina
translative		aspaksi	aspoiksi
instructive		—	aspoin
abessive		aspatta	aspoitta
comitative		—	aspoineen

Possessive forms of aspa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	aspani	aspamme
2nd person	aspasi	aspanne
3rd person	aspansa

Anagrams

• asap, sapa

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Icelandic

Noun

aspa

1. indefinite genitive plural of ösp

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Irish

Noun

aspa m (genitive singular aspa, nominative plural aspaí)

1. Alternative form of haspa (“hasp”)

Declension

Declension of aspa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aspa aspaí Vocative a aspa a aspaí Genitive aspa aspaí Dative aspa aspaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aspa na haspaí Genitive an aspa na n-aspaí Dative leis an aspa don aspa leis na haspaí

Noun

aspa f

1. genitive singular of asp (“asp”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aspa	n-aspa	haspa	t-aspa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aspa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

Akin to aspo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.spa/
• Rhymes: -aspa
• Hyphenation: à‧spa

Noun

aspa f (plural aspe)

1. Synonym of aspo
2. Synonym of aspatoio

Further reading

• aspa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• sapa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• aspen

Noun

aspa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of asp

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Portuguese

Santo André crucificado numa aspa. (Saint Andrew crucified on a crux decussata.)

Aspa marcando um cruzamento de ferrovia. (Saint Andrew’s cross marking a level crossing.)

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍃𐍀𐌰 (haspa).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: as‧pa

Noun

aspa f (plural aspas)

1. crux decussata (an X-shaped cross, used to crucify people)

   Synonym: cruz decussata

2. Saint Andrew's cross (any X-shaped symbol)

   Synonym: cruz de Santo André

3. (heraldry) saltire (ordinary in the shape of an X)

   Synonym: sautor

4. (typography) quotation mark; inverted comma (the character ‘, ’ or ')
5. (typography, in the plural) quotation marks (the characters «» or “”)
6. an animal’s horn

   Synonyms: chifre, corno, guampa

7. sail (blade of a windmill)

Derived terms

• aspas

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspa/ [ˈas.pa]
• Rhymes: -aspa
• Syllabification: as‧pa

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin haspa, from Frankish *haspija, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ (“clasp; reel”). More at hasp.

Noun

aspa f (plural aspas)

1. cross, St. Anthony's cross
2. blade, vane (of a windmill, turbine, or fan)
3. z-shaped figure
4. spool, reel (yarn)
5. wheel
6. (mining) intersection of two veins
7. (South America) horn
8. (heraldry) saltire
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Tenía dos vergas en el palo de trinquete, y en el de mesana que era pequeñísimo flotaba un jirón rojo, ennegrecido por el humo, en cuyas aspas podía reconocerse las insignias de la Gran Bretaña.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

9. hasp

Usage notes

• The feminine noun aspa is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el aspa

un aspa

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

• aspar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aspa

1. inflection of aspar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aspa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Zazaki

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aspa c

1. (zoology) horse

Related terms

• aspar