a-

前缀
/eɪ/    /eɪ/|/æɪ/

英文释义

前缀
  1. Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out. idiomatic,morpheme
    — arise, await
  2. In, on, at; used to show a state, condition, or manner. Also passing into sense 2. idiomatic,morpheme,rare
    — aglow, apace, afire, aboil, a-bling, abluster
  3. 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,alternative,archaic,dialectal,morpheme
    — aware, alike
  4. Forming words with the sense of wholly, or utterly out. idiomatic,morpheme
    — abash
  5. Not, without, opposite of. morpheme
    — amoral, asymmetry, atheism, asexual, acyclic, atypical
  6. Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion. idiomatic,morpheme
    — ascend, aspire, amass, abandon, avenue
  7. Away from. idiomatic,morpheme
    — avert, aperient, abridge, assoil, assoilzie
  8. Of, from. idiomatic,morpheme
    — anew, afresh, athirst
  9. Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”). alt-of,alternative,morpheme
    — A-tisket a-tasket, A green and yellow basket
  10. Used as a prefix to verbs in the sense of remaining in the same condition. Actively doing something. morpheme
    — a-be, a-going
    Let that child alone, will you.
  11. Forming verbs with the sense of intensified action. idiomatic,morpheme
    — abide, amaze
  12. In, into. Also passing into sense 5. idiomatic,morpheme
    — asunder
  13. Used to form the past participle of a verb. Devon,morpheme
    — I have a-gone.
  14. In the direction of, or toward. morpheme
    — astern, abeam
  15. At such a time. archaic,dialectal,morpheme
    — Come a-morning we are going hunting.
  16. In the act or process of. Used in some dialects before a present participle. archaic,dialectal,morpheme
    — hits a-poppin

词形变化

i- alternative

词源

词源 1
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-.
词源 2
From Middle English a- (“on”), derived from unstressed Middle English an (“on”), from Old English an (“on”). See a (preposition, on, to, in, etc.)
词源 3
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”).
词源 4
From Anglo-Norman a-, from Old French e-, from Latin ex-.
词源 5
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), preconsonantal form of ἀν- (an-). Distant doublet of un-.
词源 6
Assimilated form of ad- before b, sc, sp, st, and sometimes m. From Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad (“towards”).
词源 7
From Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).
词源 8
From Middle English a-, o- (“of”). See a (preposition, of).
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