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See also: 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

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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-)

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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 *ne (“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.

   • ‎а- + ‎со̏ција̄лан → ‎а̏соција̄лан
   • ‎а- + ‎симѐтрија → ‎асимѐтрија
   • ‎а- + ‎brahija → ‎абрахија

   Synonyms: без-, не-

References

• “а-” in Hrvatski jezični portal