aska

• IPA^(key): /ˈaska/

  Rhymes: -aska

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

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.

aska

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

• saka

• asken

aska m or f

1. definite feminine singular of aske

aska f

1. alternative spelling of asca

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).

aska f

1. ashes, ash

• Icelandic: aska
• Faroese: øska
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aske

  Nynorsk: oske, oska

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

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

From Proto-West Germanic *askā, whence also Old English æsce, Old High German asca, Old Norse aska.

aska f

1. ash (combustion residue)

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

• aſka (obsolete typography)

From Old Norse aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

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aska c (uncountable)

1. ashes, ash

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

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

• kasa, saka