assyl

Manx

Etymology

FromOld Irishasal(“ass, she-ass”),fromLatinasellus(“small or young donkey”).

Noun

assylm(genitive singularassyl,pluralassylyn)

1. ass,donkey

Derived terms

• assyl bwoirrin,laair assyl(“she-ass”)
• assyl feie,assyl oaldey(“wild ass”)
• caairt assyl(“donkey-cart”)
• collagh assyl(“jackass”)
• immanagh assyl(“donkey-driver”)
• lhiy assyl(“donkey-colt”)
• sharragh assyl(“donkey-foal”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asal”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language