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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *orz-.
Prefix
раз- • (raz-)
- Inseparable verbal prefix that denotes distribution, destruction, breaking into pieces, undoing or removing.; de-, dis-, un-
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Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- рас- (ras-) (before voiceless consonants)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *orz-.
Prefix
раз- • (raz-)
- (used with verbs) dis-, un-
- раз- (raz-) + -ити (-iti, “to go”) + сѧ (sę) → разити сѧ (raziti sę, “to go asunder, to disagree”)
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Russian
Alternative forms
- разо- (razo-) — before certain consonant clusters
- рас- (ras-) — before voiceless consonants
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic роз- (roz-), from Proto-Slavic *orz-. The spelling "раз-" was reinforced by Old Church Slavonic раз- (raz-), as well as vowel reduction, which is also reflected in Belarusian раз- (raz-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
раз- • (raz-)
- (used with verbs) asunder, apart
- (used with verbs) dis-, di-, un-
- разо- (razo-) + -йти́ (-jtí, “to go”) + -сь (-sʹ) → разойти́сь (razojtísʹ, “to go asunder, to disagree”)
- раз- (raz-) + дева́ть (devátʹ, “to put”) → раздева́ть (razdevátʹ, “to undress”)
- (used with verbs) enlarged action
- раз- (raz-) + рабо́тать (rabótatʹ, “to work”) → разрабо́тать (razrabótatʹ, “to develop, to work out”)
- (used with verbs) with reflexives, giving free rein to
- раз- (raz-) + говори́ть (govorítʹ, “to talk”) + -ся (-sja) → разговори́ться (razgovorítʹsja, “to talk up a storm”)
- (used with verbs, in the negative) not quite
- не (ne, “not”) + рас- (ras-) + слы́шать (slýšatʹ, “to hear”) → не расслы́шать (ne rasslýšatʹ, “to not quite hear”)
Usage notes
When stressed, раз- (raz-) normally changes into ро́з- (róz-), and the voiceless variant рас- (ras-) correspondingly becomes ро́с- (rós-):
Derived terms
Category Russian terms prefixed with роз- not found
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “раз-”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orz-.
Prefix
ра̀з- (Latin spelling ràz-)
- Inseparable verbal prefix that denotes distribution, destruction, breaking into pieces, undoing or removing.; de-, dis-, un-
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