ana-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ana"

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.

Prefix

ana-

1. up, above, upward

   e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph

2. again

   e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic

3. backward in direction, reversed

   e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase

4. thoroughly

   e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy

5. against

   e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin

6. distal, away from

   e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic

7. to grow or change in place; functionally similar

   e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch

Synonyms

• (up): supra-
• (again): re-
• (reversed): un-
• (thoroughly): per-, pur-
• (against): contra-, counter-
• (distal): disto-, extra-
• (functionally similar): quasi-

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “up”): cata-
• (antonym(s) of “again”): removal of prefix
• (antonym(s) of “distal”): cata-, proxi-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ana-

terms derived from ana- relating to up, above

• anaglyph
• anagogy
• anafront
• anascopic

terms derived from ana- relating to again

• Anabaptist
• anataxis
• anastatic
• analogy
• anamorphism

terms derived from ana- relating to reversed

• anagram
• anacampylotropous
• anadrome
• ananym
• anaplasia
• anatropous
• anatropy
• analeptic
• anabiosis

terms derived from ana- relating to thoroughly

• analysis
• analects
• anatomy
• analyte

terms derived from ana- relating to against

• anachronism
• anatoxin
• anamodernism
• anafunctor

terms derived from ana- relating to distal

• anacolpate
• analept
• anaporate
• anatreme
• anaseismic
• anagalactic

terms derived from ana- relating to add or change in-place

• anagen
• anaprotaspis
• anabranch
• anabranching
• anacladogenesis
• anagenesis
• analogous
• isoanabase

Translations

up; upwards

• Irish: ana-, anai-
• Polish: ana-
• Portuguese: ana-

Anagrams

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

French

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with ana-

Gothic

Romanization

ana-

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰-

Indonesian

Etymology

From English ana-, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]
• Hyphenation: ana

Prefix

ana-

1. up

   e.g. anatomi

2. again

   e.g. analogi

Alternative forms

• an-

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with ana- not found

Further reading

• “ana-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-).

Prefix

ana-

2. ana-

Alternative forms

• anai- (before slender consonants)

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with ana- (ana-)

Etymology 2

Prefix

ana-

1. Munster form of an- (“very, great”)

Usage notes

Triggers lenition of a following consonant. The variant an- is used before vowels instead.

• ana-bheag

  very small

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with ana- (very)

Related terms

• an- (used before a vowel in Munster; used in all positions in Connacht and Ulster)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ana-

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ana-	n-ana-	hana-	t-ana-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

Prefix

ana-

1. ana- (almost always words of Greek origin)
2. (chemistry) ana- (derived from naphthalene or quinoline)(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Alternative form of a- before a vowel

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ana- (“on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

Prefix

ana-

1. Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.

   anawerpan "to throw upon"

2. in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation

   anagiboran "inborn"

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-). Doublet of na-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

   ‎ana- + ‎faza → ‎anafaza

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with ana-

Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

Prefix

ana-

1. ana- (up; upwards)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with ana-

Scottish Gaelic

Prefix

ana-

1. Alternative form of an-

Derived terms

• ana-blasta
• ana-caitheamh
• ana-gaisgeach
• ana-cothrom
• ana-miann
• ola ana-chuileag

Spanish

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with ana-

Further reading

• “ana-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10