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ad- - English

Prefix

ad-

(no longer productive) near, at.
- adrenal
(no longer productive) toward, to, tendency, or addition.
- adjoin

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ad-

Translations

Portuguese: ad- (pt), a- (pt)

Anagrams

D. A., D.A., DA, Da, da

ad- - Catalan

Prefix

ad-

ad- - Ido

Prefix

ad-

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”)

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with ad-

ad- - Latin

Alternative forms

For euphony, ad- can assimilate the attached stem's initial consonant, becoming: a- (before sc, sp and st), ac- (before c and q), af- (before f), ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, as-, or at-.

Prefix

ad-

to
usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action

ad- - Lushootseed

Prefix

ad-

your (singular)

ad- - Maquiritari

Pronunciation

IPA: [aɾ̠-]

Prefix

ad-

(De'kwana dialect) Allomorph of ö- (second-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel a or e.

Inflection

	pronoun	noun possessor/ series II verb argument		postposition object		series I verb argument
	pronoun	noun possessor/ series II verb argument		postposition object		transitive patient	intransitive patient-like		intransitive agent-like	transitive agent
first person	ewü	y-, ∅-, ü-, u-						w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive	küwü	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-								k-, kii-, ki-
second person	amödö	ö-, öy-/öd-, o-, oy-/od-, a-, ay-/ad-							m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive	nña	y-/d-, ch-, ∅-, i-			chö-	∅-	n-, ni-
third person	tüwü	y-/d-, ch-, ∅-, i-			chö-	n-, ni-	n-, ni-
distant past third person	tüwü	—				kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive	—	t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te-				—
reciprocal	—	—	öö-

	series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person	mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person	mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
second person > first person	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person	see person X in the chart above

ad- - Old Irish

Prefix

ad-

to, towards
in many compounds, it has a purely intensive sense
augment infix used instead of ro- on verbs whose first prefix is com- and the stressed syllable starts with a consonant
- ‎con·birt (“you conceived”) + ‎ad- → ‎con·abairt (“you have conceived”) (forms of con·beir)
- ‎con·melt (“(s)he rubbed”) + ‎ad- → ‎con·amailt (“(s)he had rubbed”) (forms of con·meil)
- ‎·coscrad (“not destroyed”) + ‎ad- → ‎·comscarad (“had not destroyed”) (past subjunctive prototonic forms of con·scara)
- ‎con·gab (“it contained”) + ‎ad- → ‎con·acab (“it had contained”) (forms of con·gaib)
- ‎*·cotla + ‎ad- → ‎·comthala (subjunctive forms of con·tuili (“to sleep”))

Usage notes

ad-, when used as an augment affix, vanishes in prototonic forms due to syncope. However, its presence may be detected via the different syncope patterns between forms augmented with ad- and those that were not.
In deuterotonic verbs where ad- is the first prefix and the next sound is /t/, the d in the prefix may be dropped in its spelling.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with ad-

Descendants

Irish: a- (no longer productive)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ad-	unchanged	n-ad-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ad- - Portuguese

Alternative forms

Prefix

ad-

ad- (near; at)

ad- - Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /ad/

Prefix

ad-

again, back, re-
- ‎ad- + ‎llais (“voice”) → ‎adlais (“echo”)
- ‎ad- + ‎talu (“to pay”) → ‎ad-dalu (“to refund”)
- ‎ad- + ‎blas (“taste”) → ‎adflas (“aftertaste”)
- Synonym: ail-
affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word
- ‎ad- + ‎cas (“hated, nasty”) → ‎atgas (“hateful, detestable”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with ad-

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ad-	unchanged	unchanged	had-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.