# ana-
## English
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

ana-
* up, above, upward
    e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph
* again
    e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic
* backward in direction, reversed
    e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase
* thoroughly
    e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy
* against
    e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin
* distal, away from
    e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic
* 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

* anafront
* anaglyph
* anagogy
* anascopic
* Anabaptist
* analogy
* anamorphism
* anastatic
* anataxis
* anabiosis
* anacampylotropous
* anadrome
* anagram
* analeptic
* ananym
* anaplasia
* anatropous
* anatropy
* analects
* analysis
* analyte
* anatomy
* anachronism
* anafunctor
* anamodernism
* anatoxin
* anacolpate
* anagalactic
* analept
* anaporate
* anaseismic
* anatreme
* anabranch
* anabranching
* anacladogenesis
* anagen
* anagenesis
* analogous
* anaprotaspis
* isoanabase

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* A.A.N., Aan, naa

## French
### Prefix

ana-
* ana-

#### Derived terms
## Gothic
### Romanization

ana-
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰-

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈana]
* Hyphenation: ana

### Prefix

ana-
* up
    e.g. anatomi
* again
    e.g. analogi

#### Alternative forms

* an-

#### Derived terms
### 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: /ˈɑn̪ˠə/

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-).

#### Prefix

ana-
* ana-

##### Alternative forms

* anai- (before slender consonants)

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2
#### Prefix

ana-
* Munster form of an- (“very, great”)

##### Usage notes

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

##### Related terms

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

### Mutation

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

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑnɑ/

### Prefix

ana-
* Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.
    anawerpan "to throw upon"
* in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation
    anagiboran "inborn"

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

ana-
* ana-
    ‎ana- + ‎faza → ‎anafaza

#### Derived terms
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

### Prefix

ana-
* ana- (up; upwards)

#### Derived terms
## Scottish Gaelic
### Prefix

ana-
* Alternative form of an-

#### Derived terms

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

## Spanish
### Prefix

ana-
* ana-

#### Derived terms
### 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