in- ۱) در-؛ ۲) نا-، بی-، ان-، اَ- 1) dar-; 2) nâ-, bi-, an-, a- Fr.: en- - Prefix meaning “into, in, on, upon, toward, at;” variants im-; il-; ir- by
assimilation of -n- with the following consonant. It occurs also sometimes
as en, in loans from O.Fr.
- Prefix meaning “not, opposite of, without.”
Etymology (EN): 1) From L. in; cf. Gk. en; P.Gmc. *in (cf. O.Fris, Du., Ger.,
Goth. in); O.E. in, inne “within.”
2) From L. in- “not,” cognate with Gk. an-; O.Pers./Av. an-, a-
“not, without;” Skt. an-, a- “not;” P.Gmc. *un-; O.E. un-. Etymology (PE): 1) Dar- “in,” from Mid.Pers. andar, → intra-.
- nâ-, na “not,” ma- “not” (prohibitive);
Mid.Pers. nê, ma “no, not;” O.Pers. naiy, nai “not;”
Av. nôit, naē “not;” cf. Skt. ná “not;”
L. ne-, in-, un-; Gk. ni; Lith. nè; O.C.S. ne “not;”
PIE *ne-.
bi- privative prefix, from Mid.Pers. abi-,
O.Pers. *apaiy-, Av. apa-.
a-, an-, from O.Pers./Av. negation prefix
appearing before consonants and vowels respectively.
A couple of examples in Mod.Pers.:
amordâd “immortality, name of the fifth month in the
Iranian calendar,” anušé; “fortunate, happy,”
anirani “non Iranian,” âhu “vice, defect,”
âsoqdé “unburnt, half-burnt wood.”
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