а-

See also: а, -а, a-, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

Abaza

Prefix

а- • (a-)

1. (definite) article, attached to Abaza words, denoting definiteness.

   ажвлара ― ažʷlara ― The nation.

2. (possessive prefix) its, belonging to a non-human object

   Акъва атранспорт ― Aqʷʼa atransport ― Sukhumi's transport

Abkhaz

Prefix

а- • (a-)

1. (definite) article, attached to Abkhaz words, denoting definiteness.

   аҳаирплан иҧыруеит ― aḥajrpʼlan ipərwejtʼ ― the aircraft flies

   ашəҟəыҩҩцәа Аҟәаҟа ицеит ― aŝəqʼəəjjʷcʷa Aqʷʼaqʼa icejtʼ ― the writers went to Sukhumi

2. (3rd person singular inanimate pronoun) it, used as the subject in transitive verbs

   сагеит ― sagejtʼ ― it took me

3. (3rd person singular inanimate possessive prefix) its, belonging to non-human 3rd-person singular

   Аҟәа атранспорт ― Aqʷʼa atʼranspʼortʼ ― Sukhumi's transport

4. the infinitive form of a verb, denoting there is no definite subject. See also -ра

   адырра ― adərra ― to know

   аҧсшәа аҳəара ― apsŝʷa aḥəara ― to speak the Abkhaz language

   аиааира ― ajaajra ― to win

See also

Abkhaz personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		сара (sara), с- (s-), сы- (sə-), з- (z-)	ҳара (ḥara), а- (a-), ҳ- (ḥ-), ҳа- (ḥa-)
2nd person	m	уара (wara), у- (u-)	шәара (ŝʷara), шә- (ŝʷ-), шәы- (ŝʷə-), жә- (ẑʷ-)
	f	бара (bara), б- (b-), бы- (bə-)
3rd person	m	иара (jara), и- (i-), д- (d-), ды- (də-)	дара (dara), и- (i-), р- (r-), ры- (rə-)
	f	лара (lara), д- (d-), л- (l-), лы- (lə-),
	n	иара (jara), а- (a-), и- (i-)

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• (before a vowel) ан- (an-)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a-]

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Prefix

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

Bulgarian terms prefixed with а-

авитаминоза

References

• “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

Etymology

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

Prefix

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

• “а-”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ubykh

Prefix

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.