aska

See also: Aška, aşka, äska, and åska

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 (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	aska	askan
accusative	ösku	öskuna
dative	ösku	öskunni
genitive	ösku	öskunnar

Derived terms

• bölva í sand og ösku
• rísa upp úr öskunni
• sitja í sekk og ösku, setjast í sekk og ösku, leggjast í sekk og ösku, liggja í sekk og ösku
• skara ösku af eldi (=láta sverfa til stáls)
• úr öskunni í eldinn

Etymology 2

Noun

aska

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

Anagrams

• saka

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• asken

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
  • Swedish: aska
• Old Danish: askæ
  • Danish: aske

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “aska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

• Middle Low German: asche
  • German Low German: Asch
  • Plautdietsch: Ausch

Swedish

Alternative forms

• aſka (obsolete typography)

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	aska	askas
	definite	askan	askans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Hyponyms

• kakelugnsaska (“cocklestove ash”)

Derived terms

• askmoln (“ash cloud”)
• askonsdag (“Ash Wednesday”)
• säck och aska
• ur askan i elden (“out of the frying pan into the fire”, literally “out of the ashes into the fire”)

Verb

aska (present askar, preterite askade, supine askat, imperative aska)

1. to ash, to remove ashes from a cigarette, 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
present participle		askande
past participle		askad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• aska in Svensk ordbok.
• aska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kasa, saka