"an-" meaning in Old Irish

See an- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Etymology templates: {{etymid|sga|un-}}, {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*an-}} Proto-Celtic *an-, {{inh|sga|ine-pro|*n̥-}} Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Head templates: {{head|sga|prefix||{{{1}}}}} an-, {{sga-prefix}} an-
  1. un-, not Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-an--sga-prefix-91bXtNmE
  2. bad Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-an--sga-prefix-LwXUtonS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: am-, é-, in-
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Etymology: Uncertain. Maybe related to Welsh en- and Gaulish ande- in proper names Andecarus (literally “very dear”) and Anderoudus (literally “very red”). Considered the same word as an- (“un-”) by DIL (see Further reading). Etymology templates: {{etymid|sga|very}}, {{uncertain|sga}} Uncertain, {{m+|cy|en-}} Welsh en-, {{m+|cel-gau|ande-}} Gaulish ande- Head templates: {{head|sga|prefix||{{{1}}}}} an-, {{sga-prefix}} an-
  1. very Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-an--sga-prefix-TGpIOfg9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{etymid|sga|from}}, {{unknown|sga}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|sga|prefix||{{{1}}}}} an-, {{sga-prefix}} an-
  1. denoting a movement away from some reference point, used to form adverbs of place, for example anúas (“from above”) Tags: morpheme Derived forms: anair (english: from the front), anall (english: from beyond), andess (english: from the right), anechtar (english: from outside), aníar (english: from the back), aníos (english: from below), antúaid (english: from the left), can (english: from where?), dano (english: then) Related terms: s-, t-
    Sense id: en-an--sga-prefix-GFPMtqwO Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 26 entries, Pages with entries, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 19 24 14 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 24 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 26 entries: 10 14 16 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 29 0 1 11 6 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 14 11 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 0 1 12 7 0 1 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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