aici

See also: āicī

Irish

Alternative forms

• aice

Etymology

From Middle Irish occai, acci, aicce, from Old Irish occai, occae, occi.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈcɪ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛcɪ/, /ˈɛciː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈɛcə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛciː/

Pronoun

aici (emphatic aicise)

1. third-person singular feminine of ag: at her, at it f

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 298
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aici”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Romanian

Alternative forms

• aice — regional
• aicea — colloquial or regional, paragogic

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ad hīcce (“to here”), from Latin hīc (“here”), from heic, from earlier forms of hic (“this”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”). Compare Italian ci, Sicilian ci, Spanish aquí, Portuguese aqui, Aromanian atsia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈit͡ʃʲ/

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• Rhymes: -it͡ʃʲ
• Hyphenation: a‧ici

Adverb

aici

1. here
2. hither, to here

   Synonym: încoace

Related terms

• aci
• ici

Further reading

• aici in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Catalan així, from Old Occitan aissi, from Latin eccum sīc.

Adverb

aíci

1. (Campidanese) so