així

See also: àixī

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum sīc, from Latin eccum + sīc. Cognate with Sicilian accussì and Italian così. Compare also Portuguese assim, Romanian așa, Spanish así, French ainsi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʃi]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ajˈʃi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: eixir (Balearic, Central)
  • Rhymes: -i

Adverb

així

  1. so, thus, in this way
  2. then, in consequence

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Sardinian: aici

See also

Catalan demonstratives
Grade determiner pronoun locative
1st near aquest, este1 açò2, ço1 ací1
2nd neutral aqueix1, eixe1 això aquí, ahí2
3rd remote aquell allò allà, allí
1) Dialectal, archaic in other dialects
2) Valencian

References

  • “així” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

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