Inherited from Old Slovak viazať, from Proto-Slavic *vęzati. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn вязати (vjazaty) and Slovak viazať.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -azat͡s
• Hyphenation: вя‧зац

вязац (vjazac) impf (perfective повязац or увязац)

1. (transitive) to band, to relate, to associate
2. (transitive) to involve
3. (reflexive with ше (še), of fruit) to grow, to spawn, to begin to form

   огурки ше уж вяжу ― ohurki še už vjažu ― the cucumbers are already spawning

вязац (vjazac) impf (perfective звязац or завязац or привязац)

1. (transitive) to cord, to string, to rope
2. (transitive) to tie, to bind, to fasten, to attach

   Synonym: привязовац (privjazovac)

3. (transitive) to link, to connect, to tether

   Synonym: завязовац (zavjazovac)

4. (reflexive with ше (še)) to tie oneself

   Synonym: привязовац (privjazovac)

5. (reflexive with ше (še)) to link oneself, to be linked

вязац (vjazac) impf (perfective обовязац)

1. (reflexive with ше (še)) to commit oneself

   Synonym: обовязовац (obovjazovac)

2. (possibly dated, transitive) to obligate, to oblige

   Synonym: обовязовац (obovjazovac)

• The exact corresponding perfective forms are unclear, as different dictionaries offer conflicting pairs. In general, повязац (povjazac) and увязац (uvjazac) tend to be used for the more abstract and figurative senses, although this is not always the case.

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1995), "везати", in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник (in Serbian), Vol. 1, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 114
• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “вязац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “attach”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 30
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “bind”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 38