See also: Союз and съюз

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Etymology edit

From Old Pskovian съ+юза (juza),[1] from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъ (bond, tie). Compare у́зы (úzy). Previously, it was traditionally explained by hypercorrection due to the influence of the Old Church Slavonic language.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɐˈjus]
  • (file)

Noun edit

сою́з (sojúzm inan (genitive сою́за, nominative plural сою́зы, genitive plural сою́зов, relational adjective сою́зный, diminutive сою́зик)

  1. union
    1. (Soviet) Union
  2. alliance
  3. confederation, confederacy
  4. league
  5. (grammar) conjunction

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  • English: Soyuz
  • Ingrian: sojuza
  • Spanish: Soyuz
  • Polish: sojusz
  • Uzbek: soyuz
  • Yakut: сойуус (soyuus)

References edit

  1. ^ Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 54

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian сою́з (sojúz).

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Noun edit

сою́з (sojúzm inan (genitive сою́зу, nominative plural сою́зи, genitive plural сою́зів)

  1. union
  2. alliance
    • 1973, Ленін, 32, 329:
      В союзі з революціонерами передових країн і з усіма пригнобленими народами проти всяких і всіх імперіалістів — така зовнішня політика пролетаріату.
      V sojuzi z revoljucioneramy peredovyx krajin i z usima pryhnoblenymy narodamy proty vsjakyx i vsix imperialistiv — taka zovnišnja polityka proletariatu.
      In alliance with the revolutionaries of the advanced countries and with all the oppressed peoples against imperialism of all sorts - this is the foreign policy of the proletariat.
  3. confederation, confederacy
  4. league

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