ana-
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ana"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.
Prefix
[edit]ana-
- up, above, upward
- again
- e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic
- backward in direction, reversed
- thoroughly
- against
- e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin
- distal, away from
- e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic
- to grow or change in place; functionally similar
- e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch
Synonyms
[edit]- (up): supra-
- (again): re-
- (reversed): un-
- (thoroughly): per-, pur-
- (against): contra-, counter-
- (distal): disto-, extra-
- (functionally similar): quasi-
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “up”): cata-
- (antonym(s) of “again”): removal of prefix
- (antonym(s) of “distal”): cata-, proxi-
Derived terms
[edit]terms derived from ana- relating to again
terms derived from ana- relating to reversed
terms derived from ana- relating to against
terms derived from ana- relating to distal
terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place
Translations
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
Derived terms
[edit]Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ana-
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰-
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English ana-, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Category Indonesian terms prefixed with ana- not found
Further reading
[edit]- “ana-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-).
Prefix
[edit]ana-
Alternative forms
[edit]- anai- (before slender consonants)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
Usage notes
[edit]Triggers lenition of a following consonant. The variant an- is used before vowels instead.
- ana-bheag
- very small
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- an- (used before a vowel in Munster; used in all positions in Connacht and Ulster)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
ana- | n-ana- | hana- | t-ana- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
- ana- (almost always words of Greek origin)
- (chemistry) ana- (derived from naphthalene or quinoline)(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Alternative form of a- before a vowel
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *ana- (“on”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
- Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.
- anawerpan "to throw upon"
- in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation
- anagiboran "inborn"
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-). Doublet of na-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
Derived terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
- ana- (up; upwards)
Derived terms
[edit]Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
- Alternative form of an-
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ana-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ana-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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