osel

See also: oseł, òseł, and осел

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈosɛl]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osьlъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus), from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus.

Noun

osel m anim (female equivalent oslice)

1. donkey, ass
2. ass (stupid person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

Declension of osel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	osel	osli, oslové
genitive	osla	oslů
dative	oslovi, oslu	oslům
accusative	osla	osly
vocative	osle	osli, oslové
locative	oslovi, oslu	oslech
instrumental	oslem	osly

Derived terms

• oslí
• oslíček
• oslík

 

Further reading

• “osel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “osel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “osel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

osel

1. masculine singular past active participle of osít

   Synonym: osil

Anagrams

• Elso
• lose
• osle
• selo

Middle English

Alternative forms

• osele, osul, osulle, osyll

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ōsle, from Proto-West Germanic *amslā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːzəl/, /ˈoːzlə/

Noun

osel (plural oseles)

1. blackbird

Descendants

• English: oozel, ousel, ouzel (dialectal)
• Scots: osil

References

• “ọ̄sel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osьlъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus), from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus. Compare Bulgarian осел (osel), Russian осёл (osjól), Serbo-Croatian о̏сао/ȍsao, Slovak osol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀ːsəʋ/

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Noun

ósəł m anim

1. donkey

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ôsel
gen. sing.	ôsla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ôsel	ôsla	ôsli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ôsla	ôslov	ôslov
dative (dajȃlnik)	ôslu	ôsloma	ôslom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ôsla	ôsla	ôsle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ôslu	ôslih	ôslih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ôslom	ôsloma	ôsli

Further reading

• “osel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024