аз

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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.
Bulgarian personal pronouns
nominative
(subject)
accusative
(direct complement)
dative
(indirect complement)
prepositional
full short full short
singular first person аз (az) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)
ме (me) ме́не (méne) ми (mi) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)
second
person
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
person
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 person ни́е (níe)
ний (nij)
нас (nas) ни (ni) нам (nam) ни (ni) нас (nas)
second
person
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 person те (te) тях (tjah) ги (gi) тям (tjam) им (im) тях (tjah)

References

  1. ^ аз”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  3. ^ Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
  4. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  5. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
  • аз”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • аз”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Chechen

Etymology

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

Noun

аз (azclass ?

  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 , 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) + (-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

Declension of аз (az)
singular plural
nominative аз азтӕ
genitive азы азты
dative азӕн азтӕн
allative азмӕ азтӕм
ablative азӕй азтӕй
inessive азы азты
adessive азыл азтыл
equative азау азтау
comitative азимӕ азтимӕ

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

Noun

аз (azm 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
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 твойaz jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvojI 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 аза́pomíluj gréšnovo azáforgive this humble sinner
Declension

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian اَز (az).

Pronunciation

Preposition

аз (az) (Persian spelling از)

  1. from, since

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Cognate to Bashkir әҙ (əź), etc.

Adverb

аз (az)

  1. a bit, slightly

Yagnobi

Etymology

Related to Sogdian 𐼰𐼵𐼴 (ʾzw), Sogdian 𐫀𐫉𐫇 (ʾzw), Sogdian ܙܘ (zw); Ossetian ӕз (æz).

Pronoun

аз (az) (obsolete)

  1. I