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Abaza[edit]

Prefix[edit]

а- (a-)

  1. (definite) article, attached to Abaza words, denoting definiteness.
    ажвлараažʷlaraThe nation.
  2. (possessive prefix) its, belonging to a non-human object
    Акъва атранспортAqʷʼa atransportSukhumi's transport

Abkhaz[edit]

Prefix[edit]

а- (a-)

  1. (definite) article, attached to Abkhaz words, denoting definiteness.
    аҳаирплан иҧыруеитaḥajrpʼlan ipərwejtʼthe aircraft flies
    ашəҟəыҩҩцәа Аҟәаҟа ицеитaŝəqʼəəjjʷcʷa Aqʷʼaqʼa icejtʼthe writers went to Sukhumi
  2. (3rd person singular inanimate pronoun) it, used as the subject in transitive verbs
    сагеитsagejtʼit took me
  3. (3rd person singular inanimate possessive prefix) its, belonging to non-human 3rd-person singular
    Аҟәа атранспортAqʷʼa atʼranspʼortʼSukhumi's transport
  4. the infinitive form of a verb, denoting there is no definite subject. See also -ра
    адырраadərrato know
    аҧсшәа аҳəараapsŝʷa aḥəarato speak the Abkhaz language
    аиааираajaajrato win

See also[edit]

Bulgarian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (before a vowel) ан- (an-)

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) when immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (un-, not), zero-grade form of *ne (not).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [a-]
  • (file)

Prefix[edit]

а- (a-)

  1. a-; the privative a, a prefix expressing negation or absence.
    Synonyms: не- (ne-), без- (bez-)
    а- (a-) + ‎теи́зъм (teízǎm) → ‎атеи́зъм (ateízǎm)
    а- (a-) + ‎типи́чен (tipíčen) → ‎атипи́чен (atipíčen)
    а- (a-) + ‎мора́лен (morálen) → ‎амора́лен (amorálen)
    а- (a-) + ‎полити́чен (politíčen) → ‎аполити́чен (apolitíčen)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • а-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • а-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • а-”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (un-, not), zero-grade form of *ne (not). Doublet of не.

Prefix[edit]

а- (Latin spelling a-)

  1. Prefix prepended to words to denote a negation, deprivation or absence of a property denoted by base word.
    Synonyms: без-, не-
    а- + ‎со̏ција̄лан → ‎а̏соција̄лан
    а- + ‎симѐтрија → ‎асимѐтрија
    а- + ‎brahija → ‎абрахија

References[edit]

  • а-” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ubykh[edit]

Prefix[edit]

а- (a-)

  1. (definite) article, attached to Ubykh words, denoting definiteness.
  2. pronominal prefix of the 3rd person in verbs, subjects, subjects of action, direct and indirect objects in the plural and singular.