а-
Abaza
Prefix
а- • (a-)
- (definite) article, attached to Abaza words, denoting definiteness.
- ажвлара ― ažʷlara ― The nation.
- (possessive prefix) its, belonging to a non-human object
- Акъва атранспорт ― Aqʷʼa atransport ― Sukhumi's transport
Abkhaz
Prefix
а- • (a-)
- (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
- (3rd person singular inanimate pronoun) it, used as the subject in transitive verbs
- сагеит ― sagejtʼ ― it took me
- (3rd person singular inanimate possessive prefix) its, belonging to non-human 3rd-person singular
- Аҟәа атранспорт ― Aqʷʼa atʼranspʼortʼ ― Sukhumi's transport
- the infinitive form of a verb, denoting there is no definite subject. See also -ра
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-) | ||
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-)
- 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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024