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Pronunciation
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- /ə/
Etymology
From Middle English a-, a variant form of y-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with”).
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal, morpheme) Alternative form of y-. In dialect, it is sometimes conflated with sense 5 of the previous definition, and is used as a general indicator of a participle.
alt of y-
aware, alike
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(Devon, morpheme) Used to form the past participle of a verb.
I have a-gone.
I have a-seen a bird.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| i- | alternative | lexicographic |