a-menneske

a- +‎ menneske, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀‎ (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾.

Last part from Old Norse manneskja (“human being”), related to mennskr (“human”), either from Old Saxon mennisk, mennisko (“human being”) or from Old Frisian manniska, menneska (“human being”), both from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human being”), from *mann- (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“man, human being”) or *men- (“to think, mind, spiritual activity”) + *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos (suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.mɛnː(ə)skə/

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• Rhymes: -əskə, -ɛnːskə
• Hyphenation: a-‧men‧ne‧ske
• Homophones: A-menneske, A-mennesket, a-mennesket

a-menneske n (definite singular a-mennesket, indefinite plural a-mennesker, definite plural a-menneska or a-menneskene)

1. Alternative letter-case form of A-menneske

• “a-menneske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “a-menneske” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• A-menneske, eksamenen

a-menneske n (definite singular a-mennesket, indefinite plural a-menneske, definite plural a-menneska)

1. Alternative letter-case form of A-menneske (“morning person”)

   Antonym: b-menneske

• “a-menneske” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.