aciu

See also: Aciu, a ciu, and ačiū

Asturian

Particle

aciu

1. used only in the phrases por aciu and per aciu

Polish

Etymology

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

1. (Suwałki, Augustów, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania, childish) synonym of dzięki (“thank you”)

Adverb

aciu

1. (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

Borrowed from Hungarian ács.

Noun

aciu m (plural acii)

1. carpenter

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

1. dirt, filth

   Synonyms: burdellu, casinu, lurdìa, crasciu, ngrasciu

   Pulizzija ss'aciu.

   Clean up that dirt.

2. (by extension, negative sense, slang) a disorder, confusion, mess

   Synonyms: burdellu, casinu, opra

3. (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

• ad aciu
• adaciu
• annaciari
• annaciatu
• araciu

Related terms

• cumminari n'aciu
• fari n'aciu

See also

• asu
• caciu
• fazzu
• sacciu
• zozzu
• zuzzu