See also: uss, USS, USs, US$, us's, U.S.S., üss, and ūss

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a merger of two prefixes.

Prefix

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uss- (pretonic as-)

  1. up, off
  2. augment used instead of ro- in a few cases[1]
    com- + uss- + -techtatarcon·oitechtar
    com- + uss- + -maltcon·omalt
    to- + uss- + -baig·topaig[2]
    to- + uss- + -bacht·tópacht

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 532, page 344
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 669, page 477

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