"ascian" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ascians [plural], ascii [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ascius (“without shadow”), from Ancient Greek ἄσκιος (áskios, “without shadow”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σκιά (skiá, “shadow”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ascius||without shadow}} Latin ascius (“without shadow”), {{der|en|grc|ἄσκιος||without shadow}} Ancient Greek ἄσκιος (áskios, “without shadow”), {{m|grc|ἀ-||not}} ἀ- (a-, “not”), {{m|grc|σκιά||shadow}} σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ascii}} ascian (plural ascians or ascii)
  1. person or thing without a shadow
    Sense id: en-ascian-en-noun-WD-eXGFv
  2. person or thing found close to the Equator
    Sense id: en-ascian-en-noun-gKCLgwHn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 4 63 15 13 4

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈɑːs.ki.ɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*aiskōn}} Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn Head templates: {{ang-verb|āscian}} āscian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|āscian<w2/ge:1>}} Forms: āscian [canonical], weak [table-tags], āscian [infinitive], āscienne [infinitive], āsciġe [first-person, present, singular], āscode [first-person, past, singular], āscast [present, second-person, singular], āscodest [past, second-person, singular], āscaþ [present, singular, third-person], āscode [past, singular, third-person], āsciaþ [plural, present], āscodon [past, plural], āsciġe [present, singular], āscode [past, singular], āsciġen [plural, present], āscoden [past, plural], āsca [imperative, past, present, singular], āsciaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], āsciende [imperative, present], āscod [imperative, past], ġeāscod [imperative, past]
  1. to ask (+ genitive a question) (+ accusative a person) (+ genitive about something) Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-ascian-ang-verb-kcAJlw8I Disambiguation of Talking: 52 25 23
  2. to demand
    Sense id: en-ascian-ang-verb-alQeyGZU
  3. to learn about by asking
    Sense id: en-ascian-ang-verb-Cm3Iw6e5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: āscung, ġeāscian
Synonyms: friġnan, ācsian, āxian, acsiġan, æscian, æxian, axian, axiġan, axiġean, āhsian, ahsian

Inflected forms

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      "form": "āscod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeāscod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āscian"
      },
      "expansion": "āscian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āscian<w2/ge:1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But I wanted to ask you one thing first.",
          "ref": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy",
          "text": "Ac ānes þinges iċ þē wolde ǣrest āscian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "“My father, can I ask you something?”\nHe said, “Ask whatever you want.”",
          "ref": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History",
          "text": "“Mīn fæder, mōt iċ þē āwihtes āscian?” Cwæþ hē, “Āsca þæs þe þū wille.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask (+ genitive a question) (+ accusative a person) (+ genitive about something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to demand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demand",
          "demand"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to learn about by asking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːs.ki.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "friġnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ācsian"
    },
    {
      "word": "āxian"
    },
    {
      "word": "acsiġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "æscian"
    },
    {
      "word": "æxian"
    },
    {
      "word": "axian"
    },
    {
      "word": "axiġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "axiġean"
    },
    {
      "word": "āhsian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ahsian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ascian"
}

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