un-

Од Средњи Енглески un-, од Стари Енглески un-, од Пра-Германски *un-, од Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Шкотски un-, on- (“un-”), North Frisian ün-, Saterland Frisian uun-, West Frisian ûn-, on-, Холандски on-, Low German un-, on-, Немачки un-, Дански u-, Шведски o-, Норвешки u-, Icelandic ó-. More distant cognate with Латински in-, Антички Грчки ἀ- (a-) (whence Енглески a-, modern Грчки α- (a-)) и Санскрт अ- (a-).

Дублети of in- и a-.

un-

1. (added to adjectives or past participles) not

   unannounced — “not being announced”

   uneducated — “not educated”

   unattractive — “not attractive”

   unconstitutional — “not constitutional”

2. (added to nouns) absent; lacking; not; negative

   ungrace (“lack of grace, gracelessness”)

   unrest (“a lack of rest (peace); war”)

   unhope (“despair”)

   unfriend (“enemy”)

   unrepair

   unluck (“misfortune”)

   unnova

   uncertainty (“lack or absence of certainty”)

3. (added to nouns) contrary to or contrasted against traditional norms; unconventional; alternative

   unconference

   unmethod

• Some words formed in this way may also have counterparts using in- or non-.

NOTE: Words using the prefix un- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.

From Средњи Енглески on-, from Стари Енглески ond-, and- (“against, facing, toward; in return, back, without”), from Пра-Германски *anda-, *andi- (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“across, forth, forward, ahead”), from *h₂ént- (“end, limit, forehead”). More at and-.

un-

1. (added to verbs and nouns to form verbs) reverse, opposite

   to undress — “to take one's clothes off”

   to unwind — “to reverse a winding”

   to unlock — “to undo the locking of”

   • 1996, Diane Warren (writer), Toni Braxton (singer), “Un-Break My Heart”, Secrets, LaFace

     Un-cry these tears I cried so many nights / Un-break my heart

2. release, free, remove, extract.

   to uncage — “to release from a cage”

   to untangle — “to remove the tangling of”

• Only certain words can take un- to form a new word with the opposite meaning. In particular, verbs that describe an irreversible action produce words often considered nonsense, e.g. unkill, unspend, unlose, unring. These words may nevertheless be in occasional use for humorous or other effect.

• (opposite): anti-, in-, non-
• (release): de-, dis-, off-

NOTE: Words using the prefix un- do not necessarily use the prefixes given here when translated. See individual words for more accurate translations.

From Латински ūnus.

un-

1. Used to form temporary names of elements (such as unbiunium) whose existence has been predicted, and have not yet been given a trivial name.

• -un-

• Definition of un- - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

• NU, Nu, nu ^{(alphagram nu)}

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From Пра-Германски *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) МФА^(кључ): /ʊn/, [ʔʊn]
• In compounds, the prefix usually carries the stress, though there are exceptions to this.

un-

1. un- (denoting absence, a lack of; violative of; contrary to)
2. grave; bad; horrifying

   ‎Ding (“thing”) + ‎un- → ‎Unding (“something unacceptable”)

   ‎Fall (“case, situation”) + ‎un- → ‎Unfall (“accident”)

   ‎Mensch (“human being”) + ‎un- → ‎Unmensch (“brute, barbarian”)

   ‎Tier (“animal”) + ‎un- → ‎Untier (“beast, monster”)

   ‎Wetter (“weather”) + ‎un- → ‎Unwetter (“storm, severe weather”)

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un-

1. Romanization of 𐌿𐌽-

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Compare Немачки an-, Холандски aan-, Енглески on-.

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) МФА^(кључ): /un/

un-

1. prefixed form of un (“at, on”)
   1. at, to, toward
   2. on, up
   3. used to make certain intransitive verbs transitive

      ‎léien (“to tell a lie”) + ‎un- → ‎uléien (“to lie to someone”)

• The prefix is contracted to u- before non-alveolar consonants.

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From un (“one, single”).

un-

1. uni-, mono-, one

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) МФА^(кључ): /un/

From Пра-Германски *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne (“not”). Cognate with Old Saxon un-, Холандски on-, Old High German un- (Немачки un-), Old Norse ó- (Шведски o-, Норвешки u-), and Готски 𐌿𐌽- (un-). The Indo-European root is also the source of Антички Грчки α- (a-), αν- (an-), Латински in-, and Old Irish in-.

un-

1. (added to nouns and adjectives) negation, privation, or absence of
2. bad (used to denote a pejorative sense) (compare mis-, mal-)

   ‎un- + ‎dǣd (“action, deed, event, exploit”) → ‎undǣd (“un-deed, bad deed”)

   ‎un- + ‎lǣċe (“physician, doctor”) → ‎unlǣċe (“bad physician”)

3. (added to verbs) down

   ‎un- + ‎settan (“to set, establish, place, make”) → ‎unsettan (“to set down, put down”)

• Средњи Енглески: un-
  • Шкотски: un-
  • Енглески: un-

Originally identical with and-, from Пра-Германски *and-. Cognate with Old Frisian und-, Old Saxon ant-, Old High German ant- (Немачки ent-).

• on-

un-

1. Forming verbs from verbs, with an opposite or reversive sense.