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An alpha privative or, rarely, [1] privative a (from Latin alpha prīvātīvum, from Ancient Greek α στερητικόν) is the prefix a-or an-(before vowels) that is used in Indo-European languages such as Sanskrit and Greek and in words borrowed therefrom to express negation or absence, for example the English words of Greek origin atypical, anesthetic, and analgesic.
a-, called alpha privative, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, ἀν-, from Proto-Hellenic *ə-; e.g. apathetic, abiogenesis. These all stem from a PIE syllabic nasal privative *n̥-, the zero ablaut grade of the negation *ne, i.e. "n" used as a vowel, as in some English pronunciations of "button". This is the source of the 'n' in 'an-' privative ...
not, without (alpha privative) Greek ἀ-/ἀν-(a-/an-), not, without analgesic, apathy, anencephaly: ab-from; away from Latin abduction, abdomen: abdomin-of or relating to the abdomen: Latin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the belly abdomen, abdominal -ac: pertaining to; one afflicted with Greek -ακός (-akós) cardiac, celiac: acanth-thorn ...
Anisogamy (the opposite of isogamy) comes from the ancient Greek negative prefix a(n)-(alpha privative), the Greek adjective isos (meaning equal) and the Greek verb gameo (meaning to have sex/to reproduce), eventually meaning "non-equal reproduction" obviously referring to the enormous differences between male and female gametes in size and abilities. [10]
What is alpha-gal syndrome (AGS)? According to the CDC, Alpha-gal syndrome is a serious and “potentially life-threatening allergic condition”. AGS is also known as alpha-gal allergy, red meat ...
The term "acoelomorph" derives from the Ancient Greek words ἀ (a), the alpha privative, expressing negation or absence, κοιλία (koilía), meaning "cavity", and μορφή (morphḗ), meaning "form". [3] [4] This refers to the fact that acoelomorphs have a structure lacking a fluid-filled body cavity.
The etymology of "acoel" is from the Ancient Greek words ἀ (a), the alpha privative, expressing negation or absence, and κοιλία (koilía), meaning "cavity". [5] [6] This refers to the fact that acoels have a structure lacking a fluid-filled body cavity.
In linguistics, abessive (abbreviated ABE or ABESS), caritive (abbreviated CAR) [1] and privative (abbreviated PRIV) is the grammatical case expressing the lack or absence of the marked noun. In English , the corresponding function is expressed by the preposition without or by the suffix -less .