aciu
Asturian
Particle
aciu
Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Polish aciu
Borrowed from Lithuanian ačiū.
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA(key): [ˈa.t͡ɕu]
- (Masovia):
- (Suwałki) IPA(key): [ˈa.t͡ɕu]
- (Borderlands):
- (Northern Borderlands) IPA(key): [ˈa.t͡sʲu]
Interjection
aciu
- (Suwałki, Augustów, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania, childish) synonym of dzięki (“thank you”)
Adverb
aciu
- (Eastern Greater Poland, Kramsk, childish) synonym of na zewnątrz
Further reading
- Mieczysław Karaś, editors (1979), “aciu”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A-Algiera, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, →ISBN, page 32
- Jan Karłowicz (1900), “aciu”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 3
- Leszek Bednarczuk ((Can we date this quote?)), Języki i gwary Suwalszczyzny[1] (in Polish), page 173
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
aciu m (plural acii)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | aciu | aciuul | acii | aciii |
| genitive-dative | aciu | aciuului | acii | aciilor |
| vocative | aciuule | aciilor | ||
Sicilian
Etymology
The etymon is uncertain. Probably derived from Old Occitan aize, because of the palatalization. Ultimately cognate with Galician azo, Italian agio, Portuguese azo, English ease, French aise. The semantic development moved from "a place where to stay at ease", then passing through "restroom" and, antiphrastically, "a dirty place", to nowadays meanings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ʃu/, [ˈa.ʃʊ]
- Rhymes: -aʃʊ
- Hyphenation: à‧ciu
Noun
aciu m
- dirt, filth
- Synonyms: burdellu, casinu, lurdìa, crasciu, ngrasciu
- Pulizzija ss'aciu.
- Clean up that dirt.
- (by extension, negative sense, slang) a disorder, confusion, mess
- Synonyms: burdellu, casinu, opra
- (by extension, hyperbolic, positive sense, slang, behavioural) a great accomplishment, job or task
- A l'autra sira cunzasti n'aciu.
- You made a great job (literally) the other night.
Synonyms
- ngrasciu
Derived terms
Related terms
- cumminari n'aciu
- fari n'aciu