Telugu prefix

నిర్-

nir-
privative

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

allomorphs నిః-, ని-

Status

Establisheddraft

brown

Words built with నిర్-

నిర్జీవం
nirjīvaṁ
without life
జీవం+నిర్-

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -less
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • un-
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

French

  • in-
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)
  • dé(s)-
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • é-
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • mal-
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

Hindi

  • -हीन
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • निर्-
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • बे-
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs P)

Telugu

this affix: నిర్-

    Tamil