аз
Bulgarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- а́зе (áze), я́зе (jáze), я (ja) — regional
- ес (es) — dialectal
- азъ (az) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.[2][3][4]
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
аз • (az) (personal)
- I; the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.
- Аз съм по-висо́ка от теб.
- Az sǎm po-visóka ot teb.
- I am taller than you.
- Аз не гово́ря англи́йски.
- Az ne govórja anglíjski.
- I don't speak English.
Related terms edit
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Prepositional | ||
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Full | Short | Full | Short | |||||
Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
Second | Informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
Third | Masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
Feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
Neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
Second | Informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
Third | — | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) |
References edit
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- ^ Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
Anagrams edit
Chechen edit
Etymology edit
From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).
Noun edit
аз • (az) ?
Kazakh edit
Alternative scripts | |
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Arabic | از |
Cyrillic | аз |
Latin | az |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.
Adverb edit
аз • (az)
Kumyk edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.
Adverb edit
аз • (az)
Derived terms edit
- бираз (biraz)
Further reading edit
- Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН
Kyrgyz edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.
Adverb edit
Mongolian edit
Etymology edit
Often paired and contrasted with эз (ez, “omen, fate”).
Morphologically it looks like the Mongolic defective verb *a- (“be”) + -з (-z) (ᠵᠠ (ǰa) ) suffix, but the semantics are unclear.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /at͡s/, [at͡s]
Noun edit
аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))
Derived terms edit
- аз жаргал (az žargal, “happiness”)
Ossetian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
аз • (az)
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- азъ (az) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.
Noun edit
аз • (az) m inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)
- (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а
- Synonym: а (a)
- (plural only, dated) letters
- (plural only) basics, fundamentals
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- а́збука (ázbuka)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.
Pronoun edit
аз • (az)
Pronoun edit
- (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)
Declension edit
Tajik edit
Dari | از |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | аз |
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
аз • (az)
Tatar edit
Adverb edit
аз • (az)