an-

I.

negative prefix, Irish an-, Old Irish, an-, in-; Welsh, Cornish, Breton an-; Celtic an, Indo-European n$$.-, Latin in-, Greek $$Ga$$'-, $$Ga$$'n-, English un-, Sanskrit a-, an-, etc. It appears before labials and liquids (save n) as am-, aspirated to amh-; with consequent "small" vowels, it becomes ain-, aim-, aimh-. Before g, it becomes ion-, as in iongantas. Before c, t, s, the an- becomes eu- and the t and c become medials (as in beud, breug, feusag). See also ana-.

II.

ana-, an-, ain-

prefix of excess; Irish an-, ain-, Middle Irish an-; Irish aspirates where possible (not t, d, g), Gaelic does so rarely. Allied are Greek $$Ga$$'na, up, Gothic ana, English on. Hence ana-barr, excess; ain-neart, violence; ain-teas, excessive heat, etc.