Alpha privativeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -ɪvətɪv

名詞

alpha privative (plural alpha privatives)

1. (grammar) The prefix a- (or an- when prefixing a root which begins with a vowel) found in some English words of Greek derivation. It expresses negation or absence. The prefix has cognates in other Indo-European languages, including in- in Latin and un- in English, all traceable back to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

   Synonyms: alpha privativum; privative a

2. (grammar) Either the aforementioned privative a or the Greek ἀ- (a-) itself (from which the English descendant derives).

   Synonym: alpha privativum

   Hyponym: privative a

3. (grammar) A word formed using such prefixes.

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参考

• ἀ- (a-)
• a-