a- en · X · etymology 5
Pronunciation
- /ə/ (Philippines)
- (US) audio
- /eɪ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /æɪ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /a/ (Philippines)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), preconsonantal form of ἀν- (an-). Distant doublet of un-.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Not, without, opposite of.
When invited to believe in the Chimaera, the horse-centaurs, or the winged horse Pegasus, all of them straightforward Pelasgian cult-symbols, a philosopher felt bound to reject them as a-zoölogical improbabilities ….
1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, page 7If aroused outside the proper outlet of marriage, [female lust] could range out of control, turning its possessor into an a-feminine monster: that is what happened to fallen women.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 191:amoral, asymmetry, atheism, asexual, acyclic, atypical
Synonyms
mal- (not) · i- (not) · in- (not) · an- (not) · un- (not) · non- (not) · dys- (not) · il- (not) · ir- (not) · im- (not)
Translations (25)
fi a- (not, without, opposite of) · ga a- (not, without, opposite of) · pl a- (not, without, opposite of) · sh a- (not, without, opposite of) · it a- (not, without, opposite of) · es an- (not, without, opposite of) · nl a- (not, without, opposite of) · ca a- (not, without, opposite of) · gl a- (not, without, opposite of) · oc a- (not, without, opposite of) · tr a- (not, without, opposite of) · lv a- (not, without, opposite of) · ast a- (not, without, opposite of) · fi epä- (not, without, opposite of) · es a- (not, without, opposite of) · nn a- (not, without, opposite of) · fr a- (not, without, opposite of) · nb a- (not, without, opposite of) · tr -tanımaz (not, without, opposite of) · de a- (not, without, opposite of) · tr ... karşıtı (not, without, opposite of) · da -a (not, without, opposite of) · tr ... olmayan (not, without, opposite of) · pt a- (not, without, opposite of) · sh а- (not, without, opposite of)