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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
ан- • (an-)
- an-; Alternative form of а- (a-, “privative a, used to signify an absence or negation”)
- Synonyms: не- (ne-), без- (bez-)
- ан- (an-) + алфабе́т (alfabét) → аналфабе́т (analfabét)
- ан- (an-) + -е́мия (-émija) → ане́мия (anémija)
Derived terms
Category Bulgarian terms prefixed with ан- not found
References
- “ан-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “а-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “ан-”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15