asio

See also: Asio, ASIO, a sio, and asió

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, ear), αὖς (aûs) in Cretan dialect.

Pronunciation

Noun

asiō m (genitive asiōnis); third declension

  1. horned owl

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative asiō asiōnēs
genitive asiōnis asiōnum
dative asiōnī asiōnibus
accusative asiōnem asiōnēs
ablative asiōne asiōnibus
vocative asiō asiōnēs

Derived terms

  • Translingual: Asio

References

  • asio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • asio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Welsh

Etymology

From earlier iasio (to boil, to seethe; to join using heat, to weld), from ias +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

Verb

asio (first-person singular present asiaf)

  1. to join, to connect, to unite
  2. to solder, to weld

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future asia i,
asiaf i
asi di asith o/e/hi,
asiff e/hi
asiwn ni asiwch chi asian nhw
conditional asiwn i asiet ti asiai fo/fe/hi asien ni asiech chi asien nhw
preterite asiais i,
asies i
asiaist ti,
asiest ti
asiodd o/e/hi asion ni asioch chi asion nhw
imperative asia asiwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of asio
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
asio unchanged unchanged hasio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “asio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies