аз

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See also: яз, a3, әҙ, Appendix:Variations of "as", and Appendix:Variations of "az"

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

аз • (az) (personal)

  1. 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

Bulgarian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Prepositional
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

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  2. ^ Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
  3. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100

Anagrams

Chechen

Etymology

From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).

Noun

аз • (az) ?

  1. voice

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic از
Cyrillic аз
Latin az

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb

аз • (az)

  1. few, little

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb

аз • (az)

  1. few
  2. a little

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb

аз • (az) (Arabic spelling از)

  1. few
  2. a little

Mongolian

Etymology

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

Noun

аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))

  1. fortune, luck

Derived terms

Ossetian

Pronunciation

Noun

аз • (az)

  1. year

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

Noun

аз • (az) m inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)

  1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а
    Synonym: а (a)
  2. (plural only, dated) letters
  3. (plural only) basics, fundamentals
Declension
Declension of аз (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative а́з
áz 		азы́
azý
genitive аза́
azá 		азо́в
azóv
dative азу́
azú 		аза́м
azám
accusative а́з
áz 		азы́
azý
instrumental азо́м
azóm 		аза́ми
azámi
prepositional азе́
azé 		аза́х
azáx
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronoun

аз • (az)

  1. (archaic, biblical) I (first person singular nominative pronoun)
    Synonym: я (ja)
    аз есмь госпо́дь бог твой ― az jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvoj ― I am your Lord God

Pronoun

аз • (az) (genitive аза́)

  1. (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)
    поми́луй гре́шного аза́ ― pomíluj gréšnovo azá ― forgive this humble sinner
Declension
Declension of аз (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular
nominative а́з
áz
genitive аза́
azá
dative азу́
azú
accusative а́з
áz
instrumental азо́м
azóm
prepositional азе́
azé

Tajik

Dari از
Iranian Persian
Tajik аз

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az).

Pronunciation

Preposition

аз • (az)

  1. from, since

Tatar

Adverb

аз • (az)

  1. a bit, slightly
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