аз
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- а́зе (áze), я́зе (jáze), я (ja) — regional
- а́зи (ázi)
- ес (es) — dialectal
- азъ (az) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
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
| 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
- ^ “аз”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20
- ^ 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
- ^ Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 • (az) class ?
Kazakh
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.
Adverb
аз • (az)
Kumyk
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.
Adverb
аз • (az)
Derived terms
- бираз (biraz)
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)
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
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /at͡s/,
Noun
аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))
Derived terms
- аз жаргал (az žargal, “happiness”)
Ossetian
Pronunciation
Noun
аз • (az)
Declension
| 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
- азъ (az) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
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)
- (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а
- Synonym: а (a)
- (plural only, dated) letters
- (plural only) basics, fundamentals
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.
Pronoun
аз • (az)
Pronoun
- (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)
Declension
Tajik
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Persian اَز (az).
Pronunciation
Preposition
аз • (az) (Persian spelling از)
Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Cognate to Bashkir әҙ (əź), etc.
Adverb
аз • (az)
Yagnobi
Etymology
Related to Sogdian 𐼰𐼵𐼴 (ʾzw), Sogdian 𐫀𐫉𐫇 (ʾzw), Sogdian ܙܘ (zw); Ossetian ӕз (æz).
Pronoun
аз (az) (obsolete)