a-

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Hevwate

a

🅰️

non-

-less

un-

im-

in-

Werger

غير

لا

🙅

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ə/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: a-

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: ā-

Hevwate bi Old Saxon: a-

Hevwate bi almanî: er-

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: an

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: an

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: 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-.