asia
Ese
Finnish
Alternative forms
- asja (dialectal)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *acja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑsiɑ/, [ˈɑs̠iɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑsiɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧si‧a
Noun
asia
- issue, matter, affair, concern, business, subject, case, thing (any abstract thing)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:asia.
- Kuuntele, mitä minulla on asiaa. ― Please listen to the matter I have to talk to you about.
- Tämä ei ole sinun asiasi! ― This is none of your business!
- Mitä asiasi koskee? ― State your business.
- Palataanpa itse asiaan. ― Let's return to the subject itself.
- Se on omantunnon asia. ― It's a case of conscience.
- Hänen puheessaan on paljon sanoja, mutta vähän asiaa. ― He loves to talk but has little to say.
- Sinulla ei ole asiaa tänne. ― You have no business being here.
- court case
- Asia menee korkeimpaan oikeuteen. ― The case goes to the Supreme Court.
- (informal) thing, object (that is physical, concrete, tangible)
- Synonym: esine
- (usually in the plural) errand
- Minun pitää käydä asioilla. ― I have to go run errands.
Declension
Inflection of asia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | asia | asiat | ||
genitive | asian | asioiden asioitten | ||
partitive | asiaa | asioita | ||
illative | asiaan | asioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | asia | asiat | ||
accusative | nom. | asia | asiat | |
gen. | asian | |||
genitive | asian | asioiden asioitten asiainrare | ||
partitive | asiaa | asioita | ||
inessive | asiassa | asioissa | ||
elative | asiasta | asioista | ||
illative | asiaan | asioihin | ||
adessive | asialla | asioilla | ||
ablative | asialta | asioilta | ||
allative | asialle | asioille | ||
essive | asiana | asioina | ||
translative | asiaksi | asioiksi | ||
instructive | — | asioin | ||
abessive | asiatta | asioitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- adjectives: asiallinen, asiaton
- adverbs: itse asiassa
- idioms: asian vierestä
- nouns: asiakas
- verbs: asioida
Compounds
See also
Gothic
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Ancient Ligurian or another Celtic language since Pliny ascribes the term to the Taurini, a Celto-Ligurian tribe. An emendation to *sasia has been suggested, from Proto-Celtic *sasyos (“rye”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäs̠iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.a/, [ˈäːs̬iä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | asia | asiae |
Genitive | asiae | asiārum |
Dative | asiae | asiīs |
Accusative | asiam | asiās |
Ablative | asiā | asiīs |
Vocative | asia | asiae |
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.sí.á/
Noun
àsíá
Descendants
- Lucumi: asia
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