"a-" meaning in Old French

See a- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: Inherited from Latin ad-, which was often reduced to a- in compounds. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|inh|la>ad->to|id=state-entering prefix}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fro|la|ad-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin ad-, {{inh+|fro|la|ad-}} Inherited from Latin ad- Head templates: {{head|fro|prefix}} a-
  1. indicating movement towards something Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-a--fro-prefix-KHIUfKPc
  2. (by extension) indicating a change of state Tags: broadly, morpheme
    Sense id: en-a--fro-prefix-GCWHPHZy Categories (other): Pages with 52 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using catfix, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 52 entries: 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 4 0 0 1 2 3 8 8 0 0 4 3 1 5 28 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 8 8 1 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 14 80 1 4
  3. intensifying prefix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-a--fro-prefix-VKotgAUy
  4. alternative form of es- Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: es-
    Sense id: en-a--fro-prefix-lTyCo4jk

Alternative forms

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        "id": "state-entering prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      },
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "indicating movement towards something"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "indicating a change of state"
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        "(by extension) indicating a change of state"
      ],
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        "intensifying prefix"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "es-"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of es-"
      ],
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          "es-",
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    "Old French lemmas",
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    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
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      },
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        "4": "",
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        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      },
      "expansion": "a-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "indicating movement towards something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "indicating a change of state"
      ],
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        "(by extension) indicating a change of state"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intensifying prefix"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "es-"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative form of es-"
      ],
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          "es-",
          "es-#Old_French"
        ]
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        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a-"
}

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