a-

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (idiomatic, morpheme) Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out.
2. (idiomatic, morpheme) Forming verbs with the sense of intensified action.

Sinonieme

a

🅰️

non-

-less

un-

im-

in-

Vertalings

غير

لا

🙅

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: a-

Geërf van Old English: ā-

Verwante met Old Saxon: a-

Verwante met Duits: er-

Geërf van Middle English: an

Geërf van Old English: an

Geërf van Old English: ġe-

In summary

From Middle English a- (“up, out, away”), from Old English ā-, originally *ar-, *or-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out-”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old Saxon a-, German er-.