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PRONUNCIATION OF ALPHA PRIVATIVE

alpha privative play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALPHA PRIVATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alpha privative is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALPHA PRIVATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Privative a

In Ancient Greek grammar, privative a is the prefix a- that expresses negation or absence. It is derived from a Proto-Indo-European syllabic nasal *n̥-, the zero ablaut grade of the negation *ne, i.e. /n/ used as a vowel. For this reason, it appears as an- before vowels. It shares the same root with the Greek prefix or ne, in Greek νη or νε, that is also privative.

Definition of alpha privative in the English dictionary

The definition of alpha privative in the dictionary is the letter alpha used as a negative or privative prefix. It appears in English words derived from Greek, as in atheist, anaesthetic.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALPHA PRIVATIVE

alpha and omega
alpha brass
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri system
alpha decay
alpha emitter
alpha geek
alpha helix
alpha iron
alpha male
alpha mummy
alpha particle
alpha radiation
alpha ray
alpha rhythm
alpha stock
alpha wave
alpha-beta brass
alpha-blocker
alpha-carotene

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALPHA PRIVATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of alpha privative in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «alpha privative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALPHA PRIVATIVE

Find out the translation of alpha privative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alpha privative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alpha privative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阿尔法剥夺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alfa privativa
570 millions of speakers

English

alpha privative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नकारात्मक अल्फा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ألفا المانع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

альфа привативная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alfa privativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলফা ব্যক্তিগত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alpha privatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alfa swasta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alpha privative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欠性のアルファ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결핍 알파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alpha privatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alpha chỉ sự không có
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆல்ஃபா தனியார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्फा खाजगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alfa ayrıcalıklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alfa privativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alfa privative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

альфа пріватівной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alfa privativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άλφα στερητικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Alpha priva
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alfa privative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alpha privative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alpha privative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALPHA PRIVATIVE»

The term «alpha privative» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALPHA PRIVATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alpha privative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALPHA PRIVATIVE»

Discover the use of alpha privative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alpha privative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Depicting the Word: Byzantine Iconophile Thought of the ...
The addition of the alpha privative is a common way of negating a word in Greek, as a cursory glance at Liddell and Scott will show. The theological significance of this grammatical point becomes apparent, however, when we look at the ...
Kenneth Parry, 1996
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Unmentionables: The Erinyes as the Culmination of Alpha ...
This thesis traces Aeschylus' use of negated language, often novel alpha privatives, throughout his Orestia to create a nexus of associations that culminates in the final play, and briefly contextualizes his particular development of this ...
Naomi Finkelstein, 2011
3
Building Vocabulary from Word Roots
Optional: Now write the words alpha privative on Gulded Practlce Pages the board. Tell students that the Greek prefixes a-, Parts A-E an- are called alpha privative. Ask if anyone knows what alpha is. Accept their predictions and tell them it is ...
Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton, and Evangeline Newton
4
Building Vocabulary From Word Roots Student Book Level 10 ...
4 Color Book Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton, Evangelin Newton. Part D: Word Sort Extend and Eii|ilnre Directions: Arrange the following 12 words into two lists: six “alpha-privative” words and six non-“alpha-privative” words.
Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton, Evangelin Newton, 2010
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A Course in Attic Greek, I
Most two termination adjectives feature the negative prefix (α-), known as “alpha privative,” because the α- “deprives” the adjective of its original meaning. We use an alpha privative in such English words as “amoral” and “amorphous.” Not all ...
Patrick G. Lake, Frank J. Groten, Jr., James K. Finn
6
Unfading Light: Contemplations and Speculations
... content: not this, not that. Thus logically ou occupies the middle position between alpha privative and m3. It converges with the first, alpha privative, by the decisiveness of its negativity, but it differs from it in the limited scope of its negation.
Sergiĭ Bulgakov, T. Allan Smith, 2012
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An Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek
But when it becomes negated through the prefixing of an alpha privative it has the same ending for the masculine and feminine: -06, -06, —ov. The alpha privative ususally makes the accent recessive, i.e., the accent will be on the third- last ...
James Swetnam, 1992
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The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political ...
I recommend the terminology used by Le Poidevin and Harbour. Atheism is a- theism. So: “a,” hyphen, “theism.” An atheist is someone who does not subscribe to the central tenets of theism. The “a” is an alpha privative, it denies what follows.
Paul Cliteur, 2010
9
A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian ...
Is this ' a ' connected with the ' alpha privative ' of the Indo- European tongues 1 I think not, though this would be a more natural use of the ' alpha privative ' than that of forming the temporal augment in Sanscrit and Greek, according to Bopp's  ...
Robert Caldwell, 1856
10
Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the ...
The most extensive effort to cut the Gordian knot has come from Bailey (1976, 125-33, esp., 131-33), who argues that anaideian derives from aidds plus the alpha privative. Because aidos can carry either a positive meaning (having an ...
William R. Herzog, 1994

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