a- -ing
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Étymologie
Circonfixe
a- -ing \ə ɪŋ\
- (Archaïsme) Circonfixe pour former le participe présent d’un verbe.
- Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting, … — (Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, 1648)
- Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Notes
- On écrit souvent un trait d’union après a.
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