an-

From Middle English an-, from Old English an-, on- (“on-”), from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on”). More at on.

• on-, a-

an-

1. Alternative form of on-

   ancome, aneal, anent

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-).

an-

1. not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".

• anarchy
• anechoic
• anharmonic

• a-

• anti-
• in-
• non-
• un-

• N.A., N/A, NA, n.a., n/a, na

an-

1. Alternative form of ãn-

• am- (when followed by a vowel or a consonant which is labial)

an-

1. Subject prefix for verbs; it indicates that the subject is second-person plural; you, you all.

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (ἀν- (an-) immediately preceding a vowel).

• IPA^(key): /ɑn/

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an-

1. an-: Not, without, opposite of.

• IPA^(key): /an‿/

an-

1. in-, an-. Alternative form of a- before a vowel or h

• IPA^(key): /ʔan/

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an-

1. Separable verb prefix, on
2. Separable verb prefix, up

• (up): hoch-

• (off): ab-, aus-
• (down): ab-, runter-

• an

From an (“at, on”).

an-

1. at, on

From Old Irish an-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

• ana- (form used before consonants in Munster)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːn/
• (Connemara, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠ/

an-

1. (with adjectives, always spelled with a hyphen) very

   Synonyms: fíor-, rí-

2. (with adjectives) over-, excessively, intensely
3. (with nouns) great, excessive

• Triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t):

• ‎an- + ‎beag → ‎an-bheag (“very small”)
• ‎an- + ‎deas → ‎an-deas (“very nice”)

• In some dialects (e.g. Aran), it also changes s to ts:

• ‎an- + ‎saor → ‎an-tsaor (“very cheap”) (standard form an-saor)

• In Munster, this form is used only before a vowel; before a consonant the variant ana- is used.

From Old Irish an-, in-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

• ain- (used before slender vowels and consonants)

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn/
• (Connemara, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠ/

an- (usually spelled without a hyphen)

1. in-, un-, not
2. bad, unnatural

• “an-” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 27.
• “an” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 27.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 16.
• "an-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

From the preposition an, from Proto-Germanic *in. Compare German ein-, English in-.

• IPA^(key): /an/, [ɑn]

an-

1. in- (indicates physical or metaphorical motion into something)

• When attached to a verb stem beginning with a consonant sound other than /d/, /h/, /n/, /t/ or /t͡s/, the prefix becomes a- as a result of the Eifeler Regel.

• aus-

an-

1. prefix element of an- -ana

• i-

From Proto-Brythonic *an-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

an-

1. un-, not

• Welsh: an-

• ǣn-

From ān (“one”).

ān-

1. one, uni-, only

   āncyn (“only, unique”)

2. sole, single, solitary; alone

   ānbūend (“hermit”)

   ānġilde (“single payment”)

an-

1. Alternative form of en-

• Particularly common in the works of Chrétien de Troyes.

• in-, é-

From Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

an-

1. un-, not
2. very

Before c, the suffix becomes é-.

• Irish: an-, éa-
• Scottish Gaelic: an-

an-

1. Alternative form of a- used before words beginning with vowels

• an- in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

• (standard) IPA^(key): /an/

an-

1. (personal) you, second-person plural subject marker.

   Antekitit tik ne mil?

   Do you work at the cornfield?

• Before a vowel, an- changes to anh-. The digraph ⟨nh⟩ is pronounced as [ŋ]. Example:

Anhajsiket peyna.

You came early.

• anmejemet (personal pronoun)
• metzin- (object marker)
• -t (plural verb suffix)

• ana-, ain-

an-

1. un-, anti-
2. bad, unnatural

• an-fhoiseil

an-

1. Used to emphasise the root.

• an-mhòr

From Middle Welsh an-, from Proto-Brythonic *an-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

• IPA^(key): /an/

an-

1. un-, not, anti-

Triggers the nasal mutation, sometimes with accompanying euphonic or orthographic adjustments.