𐕎𐕒𐕡-

Aghwan

Prefix

𐕎𐕒𐕡- (nu-)

1. (negator) not

   ‎𐕎𐕒𐕡- (nu-, “not”) + ‎𐔱𐔰 (ba, “do”) + ‎-𐔰 (-a, dative suffix) + ‎𐔵𐕒𐕡 (zu, “I”) → ‎𐕎𐕒𐕡𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔵𐕒𐕡 (nubaazu, “I do not do”)

Usage notes

Preferred negator with tense and mood forms that are not based on the past. Often assimilates to or merges with subsequent vowel and becomes 𐕎𐔰- (na-); 𐕎𐔼- (ni-); 𐕎- (n-).

Derived terms

Aghwan terms prefixed with 𐕎𐕒𐕡-

Further reading

• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 2, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page 55