"a" meaning in Breton

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Particle

IPA: /a/
Head templates: {{head|br|particles}} a
  1. preverbal particle used when
    the subject precedes the verb
    Sense id: en-a-br-particle-IJydc0Pj Categories (other): Breton particles Disambiguation of Breton particles: 17 17 1 5 3 4 18 1 2 10 4 19
  2. preverbal particle used when
    the object precedes the verb
    Sense id: en-a-br-particle-Hka6LYD~ Categories (other): Breton particles Disambiguation of Breton particles: 17 17 1 5 3 4 18 1 2 10 4 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /a/
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *o, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*o}} Proto-Brythonic *o, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*h₂pó}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Head templates: {{head|br|prepositions}} a Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ac'hanon [singular], ac'hanomp [plural], ac'hanout [singular], ac'hanoc'h [plural], anezhañ [singular], anezho [plural, third-person], anezhi [singular], ac'hanor [error-unrecognized-form, plural]
  1. from (expresses origin)
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-2xSmCUQ2
  2. of (indicates an amount)
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-ezxRJf8X
  3. of (expresses a quality)
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-LF5xsD6K
  4. after certain adjectives or adverbs expressing quantity
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-WrGRCMGM
  5. after ordinal numbers with a plural noun
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-0atSTLME Categories (other): Breton entries with incorrect language header, Breton particles, Breton prepositions Disambiguation of Breton entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 2 7 5 4 24 1 3 10 3 24 Disambiguation of Breton particles: 17 17 1 5 3 4 18 1 2 10 4 19 Disambiguation of Breton prepositions: 7 7 10 11 21 7 10 13 15
  6. used in negative sentences with the grammatical object
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-BGMNTN4H
  7. before the infinitive after certain verbs like paouez, mirout, diwall, c'hwitañ
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-~aY6kAIZ
  8. after substantivized adjectives used as nouns
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-IC3kkzAR
  9. combined with a personal pronoun
    Sense id: en-a-br-prep-1qx2NmeZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /a/
Head templates: {{head|br|pronouns}} a
  1. (relative) that, which, who (used in 'direct' relative clauses, i.e. where the pronoun refers to the subject or the direct object of an inflected verb) Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-a-br-pron-vuU18xFE Categories (other): Breton entries with incorrect language header, Breton particles, Breton pronouns Disambiguation of Breton entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 2 7 5 4 24 1 3 10 3 24 Disambiguation of Breton particles: 17 17 1 5 3 4 18 1 2 10 4 19 Disambiguation of Breton pronouns: 9 5 1 5 3 6 18 1 4 9 16 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: triggers soft mutation",
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    "a"
  ],
  "section": "Breton",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "a",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Breton dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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