acia
See also: -acia
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Related to acuō (“sharpen, whet”), aciēs (“edge”) and acus (“needle”).
Noun
acia f (genitive aciae); first declension
- thread, yarn
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acia | aciae |
Genitive | aciae | aciārum |
Dative | aciae | aciīs |
Accusative | aciam | aciās |
Ablative | aciā | aciīs |
Vocative | acia | aciae |
Descendants
- Eastern:
- Aromanian: atsã
- Romanian: ață
- Dalmatian:
- jaz
- North Italian:
- Emilian: asa, aza
- Friulian: açe
- Ladin: acia
- Ligurian: assa
- Lombard: ascia
- Eastern: assa
- Northern: acia, escia
- Piedmontese: acia (Northwestern)
- Romagnol: aza
- Romansch: atscha
- Old Venetian: aza
- Venetian: aza
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: accia
- Italian: accia
- Neapolitan: accia
- Tarantino: azza
- Sicilian: azza (Calabrian, Salentino)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old Walloon: ache, aiche
- Walloon: èce, èsse (obsolete)
- Old Walloon: ache, aiche
- Occitano-Romance:
- Gascon: asse, açe
References
- “acia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- acia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian
Adverb
acia
- Alternative form of aici