éa-
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- éi- (slender variant)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish é-, from Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Related to Old English un- (modern English un-, Latin in-, Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), and Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Prefix[edit]
éa-
- Privative affix, denoting not.
Usage notes[edit]
- Triggers eclipsis on the following part of the compound, other than words in d or g. The spelling reform removed the silent consonant letters in some words, for example: