meanings of "a" [1]
[the first letter of the alphabet]
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meanings of "a" [2]
m.{a-stem}
1.name of viSNu;
2.name of ziva
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meanings of "a" [3]
ind.
1.a prefix corresponding to Latin in, Eng. in or un, Gr. a or an, and joined to nouns, adjectives, indeclinables (or rarely even to verbs) as a substitute for the negative particle naJ, and changed to an before vowels (except in the word a-RNin);
2.an interjection of pity (ah!);
3.the augment prefixed to the root in the formation of the Imperfect, Aorist and Conditional Tenses
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