глаз

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic глазъ (glazŭ, “ball, eye”), from Proto-Slavic *glazъ (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʰ)el- (“round, spherical, stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

глаз • (glaz) m inan (genitive гла́за, nominative plural глаза́, genitive plural глаз, relational adjective глазно́й, diminutive глазёнки or гла́зик or глазо́к, augmentative глази́ще)

  1. eye
    Synonyms: (dated, poetic or in set expressions) о́ко (óko), (colloquial) зе́нки pl (zénki)
    • 1913, Максим Горький, “II”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Я хорошо видел, что дед следит за мною умными и зоркими зелёными глазами, и боялся его.
      Ja xorošo videl, što ded sledit za mnoju umnymi i zorkimi zeljónymi glazami, i bojalsja jevo.
      I could see all too clearly that Grandfather was in the habit of following me with his clever, sharp-sighted green eyes, and for this I was afraid of him.
  2. eyesight
  3. view, opinion

Usage notes

  • Note on irregular forms — глаза́ (glazá) is actually an old nominative dual form. The genitive plural in глаз (glaz) is also an archaic form.

Declension

Declension of глаз (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 
singular plural
nominative гла́з
gláz 		глаза́△
glazá△
genitive гла́за
gláza 		гла́з△
gláz△
dative гла́зу
glázu 		глаза́м
glazám
accusative гла́з
gláz 		глаза́△
glazá△
instrumental гла́зом
glázom 		глаза́ми
glazámi
prepositional гла́зе
gláze 		глаза́х
glazáx
partitive гла́зу1
glázu1
locative в глазу́, на глазу́
v glazú, na glazú

△ Irregular.
1 Only in the expressions с гла́зу на́ глаз (s glázu ná glaz, “privately, tête-à-tête”, literally “from eye to eye”) and у семи́ ня́нек дитя́ без гла́зу (u semí njánek ditjá bez glázu, “too many cooks spoil the broth”, literally “with seven babysitters the children are without eye (i.e. no one takes responsibility to look after them)”).

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See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глаз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 117

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