"ἀ-" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀ- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /a/, /a/, /a/, /a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ᾰ̓- [canonical], a- [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *ə-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. The form ἀν- (an-) appears when followed by a laryngeal and a vowel: that is, in an open syllable of the n̥HV- form. Akin to νη- (nē-), νᾱ- (nā-) and νω- (nō-), which are closed-syllable reflexes of the n̥h₁C-, n̥h₂C-, n̥h₃C- forms, respectively. Cognate with Old English and English un-, Latin in-, Sanskrit अ- (a-), Old Irish in-, an-, Armenian ան- (an-), and Albanian e-. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*ə-}} Proto-Hellenic *ə-, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*n̥-}} Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, {{m|grc|ἀν-}} ἀν- (an-), {{m|ine-pro||n̥HV-}} n̥HV-, {{m|grc|νη-}} νη- (nē-), {{m|grc|να-|νᾱ-}} νᾱ- (nā-), {{m|grc|νω-}} νω- (nō-), {{m|ine-pro||n̥h₁C-}} n̥h₁C-, {{m|ine-pro||n̥h₂C-}} n̥h₂C-, {{m|ine-pro||n̥h₃C-}} n̥h₃C-, {{cog|ang|-}} Old English, {{cog|en|un-}} English un-, {{cog|la|in-}} Latin in-, {{cog|sa|अ-}} Sanskrit अ- (a-), {{cog|sga|in-}} Old Irish in-, {{m|sga|an-}} an-, {{cog|hy|ան-}} Armenian ան- (an-), {{cog|sq|e-}} Albanian e- Head templates: {{head|grc|prefix|head=ᾰ̓-}} ᾰ̓- • (a-)
  1. The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative; a-, ab-, an-, anti-, contra-, de-, dis-, ex-, il-, im-, in-, ob-, ne-, non-, not, un- Tags: morpheme Synonyms: ἀν- (an-) [before-vowel], νη- (nē-), νᾱ- (nā-), νω- — before a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal and consonant (nō-)
    Sense id: en-ἀ--grc-prefix-jR9vcNcB Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 52 6 12 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /a/, /a/, /a/, /a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ᾰ̓- [canonical], a- [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|grc|prefix|head=ᾰ̓-}} ᾰ̓- • (a-)
  1. Alternative form of ἁ- (ha-) Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: ἁ- (extra: ha-)
    Sense id: en-ἀ--grc-prefix-FSu62Bpa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

IPA: /a/, /a/, /a/, /a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ᾰ̓- [canonical], a- [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|grc|prefix|head=ᾰ̓-}} ᾰ̓- • (a-)
  1. The alpha intensivum, used to strengthen the force of compounds. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ἀ--grc-prefix--3kgC0zk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

IPA: /a/, /a/, /a/, /a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ᾰ̓- [canonical], a- [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|grc|prefix|head=ᾰ̓-}} ᾰ̓- • (a-)
  1. The alpha euphonicum, used to soften pronunciation before two consonants. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ἀ--grc-prefix-5HyHxAcS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ἀ- meaning in Ancient Greek (6.9kB)

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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "> Greek: α- (a-) (inherited)"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: a-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: a-"
    },
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            "1": "pnt",
            "2": "α-"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Pontic Greek: α- (a-)"
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Laz: ა- -ე (a- -e)"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "English un-",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "in-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin in-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अ- (a-)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "in-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish in-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "sga",
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      },
      "expansion": "an-",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ան-"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ան- (an-)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
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      },
      "expansion": "Albanian e-",
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    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓-",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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          "opposite#English"
        ],
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          "stem",
          "stem#English"
        ],
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          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ],
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          "privative a",
          "privative a#English"
        ],
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          "alpha privative",
          "alpha privative#English"
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        },
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          "roman": "nē-",
          "word": "νη-"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nā-",
          "word": "νᾱ-"
        },
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          "roman": "nō-",
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        }
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        "morpheme"
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      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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        }
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      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/a/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "ᾰ̓-",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}
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    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
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    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        }
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    }
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English un-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin in-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अ- (a-)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "in-"
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      "expansion": "Old Irish in-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
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      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ան- (an-)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "e-"
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    }
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      "form": "ᾰ̓-",
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      "form": "a-",
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      ]
    }
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/a/"
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      "ipa": "/a/"
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "nē-",
      "word": "νη-"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nā-",
      "word": "νᾱ-"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nō-",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀ-"
}

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        }
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/a/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/a/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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