osle

See also: ośle and oślę

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈoslɛ]
  • Hyphenation: os‧le

Etymology 1

From osel (donkey).

Noun

osle n

  1. donkey foal
    • 1873, Josef Jakub Jungmann, Josefa Jungmanna Sebrané drobné spisy: Veršem i prosou, volume II, Praha: I. L. Kober, page 187:
      […] jáť vím, že mnozí včera tak chudí byli, že ani na provaz neměli, dnes náhle tak bohatí jsou, nákladně a skvostně sobě vedou, šesti koňmi jezdí, ježto nedávno v domě ani oslete neměli, zlaté prsteny nosí a v šarlatu sobě vykračují, aniž pak se přesvědčiti mohou, žeby to jejich bohatství sen byl […]
      […] I know that many who were so poor yesterday that they could not afford to buy a rope are suddenly so rich, so well off, and ride in coaches driven with six horses, although they did not even have a donkey foal in their house; they wear golden rings and walk in scarlet clothes, not being able to see that their wealth is a dream […]
Declension

Noun

osle

  1. vocative singular of osel

Anagrams

Further reading

  • osle in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • osle in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *amslǭ. Related to Old High German amsla (German Amsel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːsle/, [ˈoːzle]

Noun

ōsle f

  1. (European) blackbird
    Sēo wīflīċe ōsle ġetimbraþ nest þrēowa on ġēare.
    The female blackbird builds a nest three times a year.

Declension

Descendants

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