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{{bailly
|btext=<i>dor. c.</i> ἡ, <i>fém. de</i> ὁ.
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''ἁ:'''<b class="num">I.</b> Δωρ. αντί άρθρου <i>ἡ</i>. II. <i>ἅ</i>, Δωρ. αντί της αναφορ. αντων. <i>ἥ</i>. III. <i>ᾇ</i>, Δωρ. αντί <i>ᾗ</i>, θηλ. δοτ. του <i>ὅς</i>.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''ἁ:''' (ᾱ) дор. = [[ἡ]].
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{{etym
|etymtx=Grammatical information: pref.<br />Meaning: copulative prefix (<b class="b3">α ἁθροιστικόν</b>);<br />Other forms: Through dissimilation and psilosis also <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>, which wa<br />Grammatical information: pref.<br />Meaning: copulative prefix (<b class="b3">α ἁθροιστικόν</b>);<br />Other forms: Through dissimilation and psilosis also <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>, which was analogically extended: [[ἅπαξ]], [[ἁπλους]]; [[ἄλοχος]], [[ἀδελφός]]; [[ἄπεδος]] [[even]], [[ἄβιος]] [[rich]]. A form like [[ἄκοιτις]] did not get aspiration because the Attic redactors did not know the word, so they followed the Ionian pronunciation (cf. [[ἤλιος]] but [[ἠέλιος]])<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [903 (902)] <b class="b2">*sm̥</b><br />Etymology: Skt. <b class="b2">sa-</b> (<b class="b2">sá-naman-</b> <b class="b2">with the same name</b>), Lat. <b class="b2">sem-</b>, <b class="b2">sim-</b> (<b class="b2">sim-plex</b>), PIE <b class="b2">*sm̥-</b>, from <b class="b2">*sem</b> in Skt. <b class="b2">sám</b> [[together]], Lat. <b class="b2">sem-el</b> usw., s. [[εἷς]]; cf. [[ὁμός]], [[ἅμα]]. -- From <b class="b2">together, provided with</b> the so-called <b class="b3">α ἐπιτατικόν</b> (intensivum) has developed, e. g. <b class="b3">ἄ-εδνον πολύφερνον</b> H. It was supposed that in some cases a comparable <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> arose from <b class="b2">*n̥-</b>, the zero grade of <b class="b2">*en</b>, e.g. [[ἀλέγω]]; cf. Seiler KZ 75 (1957) 1-23; the alleged instances are probably all wrong.
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