éa-

See also: ea, Ea, EA, êa, ea., -ea, E/A, and ę-ą

Irish

Alternative forms

• éi- (slender variant)

Etymology

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

éa-

1. Privative affix, denoting not.

Usage notes

• 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:

  ‎éa- + ‎trom (“heavy”) → ‎éadrom (“light”), formerly spelled éadtrom

Synonyms

• mí-
• neamh-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with éa-

See also

• an-