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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Prefix 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Prefix 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Prefix 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Prefix 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Prefix 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Prefix 3 Quenya 3.1 Prefix

English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ə/ (sense 5 also in stressed form /ei/)

Etymology 1

Old English ā-, originally ar-. Cognate with German er-.

Prefix

a- (no longer productive)

1. forming verbs with the sense away, from, out, e.g. arise, await

Etymology 2

A proclitic form of a (preposition).

Prefix

a- (no longer productive)

1. in, on

Etymology 3

Middle English variant form of y-, from Old English Ä¡e-.

Prefix

a- (not productive)

1. representing the Anglo-Saxon intensifying prefix, sometimes with little change in meaning, e.g. aware

Etymology 4

Anglo-Norman a-, from Old French e-, from Latin ex-.

Prefix

a- (no longer productive)

1. forming words with the sense of wholly, out, e.g. abash

Etymology 5

Greek α- used before a consonant for αν-.

Prefix

a-

1. forming words denoting absence or lack, e.g. abyss, amoral

Old English

Etymology

From an earlier form ar-, from Germanic: cognate with German er-.

Pronunciation

IPA: /a:/

Prefix

ā-

1. forming words with the sense from, away, off, out, e.g. āniman

Quenya

Prefix

a-

1. To denote complete.
2. To see, hear. Prefixed to verbal stems following a noun.

cs:a- de:a- et:a- fr:a- ku:a-