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• Rhymes:-ɪvətɪv

alphaprivative (pluralalpha privatives)

1. (grammar) Theprefixa- (oran- when prefixing a root which begins with a vowel) found in someEnglishwords ofGreekderivation. It expressesnegation orabsence. The prefix has cognates in otherIndo-European languages, includingin- inLatin andun- inEnglish, all traceable back to Proto-Indo-European*n̥-.

   Synonyms:alpha privativum;privative a

2. (grammar) Either the aforementionedprivative a or the Greekἀ-(a-) itself (from which the English descendant derives).

   Synonym:alpha privativum

   Hyponym:privative a

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

• ἀ-(a-)
• a-

• Rhymes:English/ɪvətɪv
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