Borrowed fromLatin ad- Doublet ofat-
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( no longerproductive ) Doing , enacting, forming a verb.accouple ad marginatead mixtureattune Near , close to,adjacent .ad axonalad dentalad medialTowards in direction or movement.( anatomy ) ad apicalad fluvialad germinal( no longerproductive ) Intensifying , additionally.ac claimad significationad spectionAlong , alongside.ad marginalad nervularad stratumAppending and/orprepending . Adding from either side.ad fixad positionaffix Modifying .ad nominalad verbas soilAtop orabove in position.ad atomad cumulatea ggradeterms derived from towards
terms derived from intensifying
terms derived from appending
terms derived from modifying
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ad- Prefix form ofad Latin ad-
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to (indicating that to which there is movement, tendency or position, with or without arrival)portar ( “ carry, bear ” ) →adportar ( “ bring, carry (to a person or place) ” ) ube ( “ where ” ) →adube ( “ where to (with motion), whither ” ) ( forms assimilated to a following consonant, in descending order of frequency ) [ 1]
Prefixed form of the prepositionad ( “ to, towards ” ) . This prefix also appears in other Italic languages, entailing the reconstruction ofProto-Italic *ad-
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to usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action ^ Pages 170‒1 of Cser, András (2020).The phonology of Classical Latin . Transactions of the Philological Society. 118: 1–218. ad-
your (singular )FromProto-Anatolian *h₁(é)d- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ( “ to eat ” ) .
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toeat ( participle ) 𒀀𒁕𒄠𒈪𒅔𒍣 ( a-da-am-mi-in-zi ) ( 3rd person plural imperative ) 𒀀𒁕𒀭𒁺 ( a-da-an-du ,“ they eat! ” ) ( infinitive ) 𒀀𒁺𒈾 ( a-du-na ,“ to eat ” ) ( 2nd person singular present ) 𒊍𒍝𒀸𒋾𒅖 ( az-za-aš-ti-iš ,“ you eat ” ) FromProto-Celtic *ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ( “ near, at ” ) . Cognates includeLatin ad English at
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to ,towards in many compounds, it has a purely intensive sense augment infix used instead ofro- com- con·birt ( “ you conceived ” ) + ad- → con·abairt ( “ you have conceived ” ) (forms ofcon·beir con·melt ( “ (s)he rubbed ” ) + ad- → con·amailt ( “ (s)he had rubbed ” ) (forms ofcon·meil ·coscrad ( “ not destroyed ” ) + ad- → ·comscarad ( “ had not destroyed ” ) (past subjunctive prototonic forms ofcon·scara con·gab ( “ it contained ” ) + ad- → con·acab ( “ it had contained ” ) (forms ofcon·gaib *·cotla ad- → ·comthala (subjunctive forms ofcon·tuili ( “ to sleep ” ) )ad- ad- In deuterotonic verbs wheread- is the first prefix and the next sound is /t/, thed in the prefix may be dropped in its spelling. Irish:a- ( no longer productive ) Mutation ofad- radical lenition nasalization ad- ( pronounced with/h/ inh -prothesis environments ) ad- n-ad-
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
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ad- ( near; at ) FromProto-Brythonic *ate- Proto-Celtic *ati- [ 1] Proto-Indo-European *éti [ 2] Cornish as- English ed- Latin et ( “ and ” ) ,Sanskrit अति ( ati ,“ over- ” ) .
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again ,back ,re- Synonym: ail- ad- + llais ( “ voice ” ) → adlais ( “ echo ” ) ad- + talu ( “ to pay ” ) → ad-dalu ( “ to refund ” ) ad- + blas ( “ taste ” ) → adflas ( “ aftertaste ” ) affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word ad- + cas ( “ hated, nasty ” ) → atgas ( “ hateful, detestable ” ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
^ Morris Jones, John (1913 ),A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative § 156 i (1) ^ Morris Jones, John (1913 ),A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative § 222 i (3) Variant orthographies ALIV ad- Brazilian standard ad- New Tribes ad-
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( Cunucunuma River dialect ) alternative form ofadh- 
