Unknown, perhaps from Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”), αὖς (aûs) in Cretan dialect.
asiō m (genitive asiōnis); third declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | asiō | asiōnēs |
Genitive | asiōnis | asiōnum |
Dative | asiōnī | asiōnibus |
Accusative | asiōnem | asiōnēs |
Ablative | asiōne | asiōnibus |
Vocative | asiō | asiōnēs |
From earlier iasio (“to boil, to seethe; to join using heat, to weld”), from ias + -io.
asio (first-person singular present asiaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | asiaf | esi | asia | asiwn | esiwch, asiwch | asiant | esir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | asiwn | esit | asiai | asiem | asiech | asient | esid | |
preterite | esiais | esiaist | asiodd | asiasom | asiasoch | asiasant | asiwyd | |
pluperfect | asiaswn | asiasit | asiasai | asiasem | asiasech | asiasent | asiasid, asiesid | |
present subjunctive | asiwyf | esiech | asio | asiom | asioch | asiont | asier | |
imperative | — | asia | asied | asiwn | esiwch, asiwch | asient | asier | |
verbal noun | asio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | asiedig asiadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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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. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
asio | unchanged | unchanged | hasio |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |