as-

Assimilated form of ab- +‎ before -s-, from Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).

as-

1. (no longer productive) Away from.

   assail, assoil, assault, assoil, assemble, assent

Assimilated form of ad- before s. From Latin ad-.

as-

1. Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”).

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “a-”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• S.A., SA, s.a., sa., Sa., Sa, S&A, S. A.

From as (“not”).

as-

1. in pronouns and adverbs, no-, none

   Synonyms: kurr-, askurr-

   ‎as- + ‎një (“one”) → ‎asnjë (“not one, no”)

   ‎as- + ‎gjë (“thing”) → ‎asgjë (“nothing”)

From Proto-Brythonic *ad-, from Proto-Celtic *ati-, from Proto-Indo-European *éti. Cognate with Breton and Welsh ad-, Irish and Scottish Gaelic ath-, and Manx aa-.

as-

1. re-

   ‎as- + ‎lea (“to place”) → ‎aslea (“to replace”)

   ‎as- + ‎blas (“taste”) → ‎asvlas (“aftertaste”)

as-

1. alternative form of eas- (“out”)

• asa-

as-

1. pretonic form of ess- (“ex-, out”)
2. pretonic form of uss- (“up, off”)

Unknown. By surface analysis, as (“carcass”) or as (“one of the Æsir”). The common prefix for Æsir gods is asa- however (see asagud and asatro).

as-

1. (colloquial, intensifier) very, super-

   Synonyms: gör-, jätte-, skit-, svin-, ur-, vrål-, bauta-, (usually negative) piss-

   Vi hade askul på vattenlandet ― We had tons of fun at the water park

   Hästen sprang assnabbt ― The horse ran super fast

   Vi har astråkigt ― We're super bored

Can be put before virtually any adjective or adverb.

• aspackad (“very drunk”)
• askalas (“very drunk”)

• ass-, az-

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَسـْ (as-), from Proto-Berber *a-s-.

as- (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙ-, Arabic spelling آس-)

1. nomen loci prefix, creating nouns of place from verbs

   ‎as- + ‎gʷmr (“to fish”) → ‎asgʷmr (“fishery”, literally “place where fish is caught”)

2. nomen instrumenti prefix, creating instrument nouns from verbs

   ‎as- + ‎krz (“to plough”) → ‎askrz (“plough”, literally “instrument of ploughing”)

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill