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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.oː/, [ˈäs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.o/, [ˈäːs̬io]

Noun

asiō m (genitive asiōnis); third declension

1. horned owl

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈasjɔ/, /ˈaʃɔ/

Verb

asio (first-person singular present asiaf)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	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

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

• asiad (“joint”)
• asiedydd (“joiner”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.

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