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CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZE
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Cyrillic и

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Letter

з (upper case З)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called ze.

Letter

з (upper case З)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called zemlya, zemlja or zemlia.

Alternative forms

  • (early form)

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Abaza

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Abkhaz

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Adyghe

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Aghul

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Alutor

Letter

з (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Archi

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Avar

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Azerbaijani

Letter

з (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Belarusian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

з (z)

  1. with
  2. since

Bulgarian

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eighth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called зъ (z), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Buryat

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chechen

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chukchi

Letter

з (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chuvash

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Crimean Tatar

Letter

з (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dargwa

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dungan

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Even

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Evenki

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ingush

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Itelmen

Letter

з (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kabardian

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kalmyk

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ز
Cyrillic з
Latin z

Pronunciation

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Khakas

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kumyk

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kyrgyz

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called зе (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Lezgi

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/
  • (letter name): IPA(key):
  • (file)

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called зэ (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Nivkh

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Northern Mansi

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Old Church Slavonic

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called земл҄ꙗ (zemlʹja), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Romanian

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/, /zʲ/, /s/, /sʲ/

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called зэ (), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Letter

з (lower case, upper case З, Latin spelling z)

  1. The ninth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Southern Altai

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tabasaran

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tajik

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tatar

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tundra Nenets

Letter

з () (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tuvan

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Udmurt

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • зі (zi) (before мно́ю (mnóju), Льво́ва (Lʹvóva), and words that begin with multiple constants, first of which is a sibilant fricative)
  • зо (zo) (before мно́ю (mnóju))
  • із (iz) (before words that begin with a single sibilant fricative consonant and between consonants)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called зе (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

Preposition

з (z) (+ genitive)

  1. from (from inside a place, e.g., a building or a geographical place: "I come from Ukraine", Я родом з України. Otherwise, від must be used since it indicates a movement "away from" a general point of departure: "I walk away from the table", Я відходжу від столу. Moreover, in the fixed expressions "to be far from" and "stay away from...!", від must be used: далеко від, тримайся подалі від...!)
  2. of, out of (as above, with the meaning of "from inside a place", e.g., "I get out of school", Я виходжу зі школи)
  3. in (in the fixed expression "specialist in", e.g., "I am a specialist in Medicine", Я спеціаліст з медицини)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

Preposition

з (z) (+ instrumental)

  1. with (somebody, with a comitative meaning; otherwise, to express "with/using/through something" with an instrumental meaning, the instrumental case is used directly, without any preposition)

Uzbek

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The ninth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Western Mari

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The tenth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Yakut

Letter

з (z) (lower case, upper case З)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Yakut alphabet, called зэ (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Zhuang

Letter

з (lower case, upper case З)

  1. 1957–1982 spelling of j