an-

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Prefix 1.1.1 Related terms 1.1.2 Derived terms 1.2 See also 2 Ainu 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Prefix 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Prefix 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Antonyms 3.2.3 Derived terms 3.2.4 See also 4 Irish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Prefix 4.3.1 Mutation 4.3.2 Usage notes 4.3.3 Related terms 5 Malagasy 5.1 Prefix 5.1.1 See also 6 Old English 6.1 Alternative forms 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Prefix 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Prefix 7.2 See also 8 Welsh 8.1 Prefix 8.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Prefix

an-

1. not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".

[edit] Related terms

• a-

[edit] Derived terms

• anarchy
• anechoic
• anharmonic

[edit] See also

• anti-
• in-
• non-
• un-

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[edit] Ainu

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /an/

[edit] Prefix

an-

1. (Old or dialectal) a passive prefix to verbs

[edit] Usage notes

• The Sakhalin dialect of Ainu uses the old form an-.
• This is not always prefixed to the verb it governs; other words may intervene between them.

[edit] Derived terms

a-

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Prefix

an-

1. Separable verb prefix, on
2. Separable verb prefix, up

[edit] Synonyms

• (up): hoch-

[edit] Antonyms

• (off): ab-, aus-
• (down): ab-, runter-

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

• an

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish an-, in-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [ˈɑn̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [ˈan̪ˠ]

[edit] Prefix

an-

1. very

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h prefix	with t- prefix
an-	n-an-	han-	t-an-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[edit] Usage notes

Triggers lenition of a following b, c, f, g, m, p. In Munster, used only before a vowel.

• an-bheag – "very small"
• an-deas – "very nice"

[edit] Related terms

• ana- (form used before consonants in Munster)

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[edit] Malagasy

[edit] Prefix

an-

1. Prefix element of an--ana.

[edit] See also

• i-

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Alternative forms

• ǣn-

[edit] Etymology

From ān "one". More at ān

[edit] Prefix

ān-

1. one, uni-, only

   āncyn "only, unique"

2. sole, single, solitary

   ānbūend "hermit"

   ānġilde "single payment"

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Prefix

an-

1. un-, anti-

[edit] See also

• ao-
• neo-
• mì-
• eu-
• do-

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Prefix

an–

1. un–, not, anti–

[edit] Usage notes

Triggers the nasal mutation, sometimes with accompanying euphonic or orthographic adjustments.