съюз

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сою́з (sojúz), itself borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съѭзъ (sŭjǫzŭ) - an alternative form of Old Church Slavonic съвѫзъ (sŭvǫzŭ). Cognate with the native dialectal terms Bulgarian въз m (vǎz), възе n (vǎze, “binder, fastener”), from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъ (“bond, tie”).

The secondary meaning conjunction is a calque of Latin coniūnctiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈju̟s]

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Noun

съю́з • (sǎjúz) m (relational adjective съю́зен)

1. union, alliance
2. (government) association, league
3. (grammar) conjunction

Declension

Declension of съю́з

	singular	plural
indefinite	съю́з sǎjúz	съю́зи sǎjúzi
definite (subject form)	съю́зът sǎjúzǎt	съю́зите sǎjúzite
definite (object form)	съю́за sǎjúza
count form	—	съю́за sǎjúza

Derived terms

• Европе́йски съю́з (Evropéjski sǎjúz, “European Union”)
• Съве́тски съю́з (Sǎvétski sǎjúz, “Soviet Union”)
• проф-съю́з (prof-sǎjúz, “trade union”)
• съю́зник m (sǎjúznik), съюзница f (sǎjuznica, “ally”)
• съюзя́ (sǎjuzjá), съюзя́вам (sǎjuzjávam, “to unite”)

Related terms

• ве́зя (vézja, “to web, to braid, to tie”)
• въже́ (vǎžé, “rope”)
• въ́зел (vǎ́zel, “knot”)
• узък (uzǎk, “tight”) (dialectal)

References

• “съюз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “съюз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 707