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Abaza
Prefix
а- • (a-)
- (definite) article, attached to Abaza words, denoting definiteness.
- ажвлара ― ažʷlara ― The nation.
- (possessive prefix) its, belonging to a non-human object
- Акъва атранспорт ― Aqʷʼa atransport ― Sukhumi's transport
Abkhaz
Prefix
а- • (a-)
- (definite) article, attached to Abkhaz words, denoting definiteness.
- аҳаирплан иҧыруеит ― aḥajrpʼlan ipərwejtʼ ― the aircraft flies
- ашəҟəыҩҩцәа Аҟәаҟа ицеит ― aŝəqʼəəjjʷcʷa Aqʷʼaqʼa icejtʼ ― the writers went to Sukhumi
- (3rd person singular inanimate pronoun) it, used as the subject in transitive verbs
- сагеит ― sagejtʼ ― it took me
- (3rd person singular inanimate possessive prefix) its, belonging to non-human 3rd-person singular
- Аҟәа атранспорт ― Aqʷʼa atʼranspʼortʼ ― Sukhumi's transport
- the infinitive form of a verb, denoting there is no definite subject. See also -ра
- адырра ― adərra ― to know
- аҧсшәа аҳəара ― apsŝʷa aḥəara ― to speak the Abkhaz language
- аиааира ― ajaajra ― to win
See also
Abkhaz personal pronouns
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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сара (sara), с- (s-), сы- (sə-), з- (z-)
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ҳара (ḥara), а- (a-), ҳ- (ḥ-), ҳа- (ḥa-)
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| 2nd person
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m
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уара (wara), у- (u-)
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шәара (ŝʷara), шә- (ŝʷ-), шәы- (ŝʷə-), жә- (ẑʷ-)
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бара (bara), б- (b-), бы- (bə-)
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| 3rd person
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m
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иара (jara), и- (i-), д- (d-), ды- (də-)
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дара (dara), и- (i-), р- (r-), ры- (rə-)
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| f
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лара (lara), д- (d-), л- (l-), лы- (lə-),
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| n
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иара (jara), а- (a-), и- (i-)
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Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- (before a vowel) ан- (an-)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) when immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”), zero-grade form of *ne (“not”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
а- • (a-)
- a-; the privative a, a prefix expressing negation or absence.
- Synonyms: не- (ne-), без- (bez-)
- а- (a-) + теи́зъм (teízǎm) → атеи́зъм (ateízǎm)
- а- (a-) + типи́чен (tipíčen) → атипи́чен (atipíčen)
- а- (a-) + мора́лен (morálen) → амора́лен (amorálen)
- а- (a-) + полити́чен (politíčen) → аполити́чен (apolitíčen)
Derived terms
References
- “а-”, 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
- “а-”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”), zero-grade form of *ne (“not”). Doublet of не.
Prefix
а- (Latin spelling a-)
- Prefix prepended to words to denote a negation, deprivation or absence of a property denoted by base word.
- Synonyms: без-, не-
- а- + со̏ција̄лан → а̏соција̄лан
- а- + симѐтрија → асимѐтрија
- а- + brahija → абрахија
References
- “а-” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ubykh
Prefix
а- • (a-)
- (definite) article, attached to Ubykh words, denoting definiteness.
- pronominal prefix of the 3rd person in verbs, subjects, subjects of action, direct and indirect objects in the plural and singular.