ан-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [an-]

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Prefix

ан- • (an-)

1. an-; Alternative form of а- (a-, “privative a, used to signify an absence or negation”)

   Synonyms: не- (ne-), без- (bez-)

   ‎ан- (an-) + ‎алфабе́т (alfabét) → ‎аналфабе́т (analfabét)

   ‎ан- (an-) + ‎-е́мия (-émija) → ‎ане́мия (anémija)

Derived terms

Category Bulgarian terms prefixed with ан- not found

References

• “ан-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “а-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “ан-”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15