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Translingual
Prefix
z-
- (SI prefix) Abbreviation of zepto- (“10−21”).
- Coordinate term: Z-
English
Prefix
z-
- (computer graphics) z-axis
Derived terms
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Early Proto-Albanian *dis- > *diš- > *dš- > *tš- > s- before unvoiced phonemes, z- before voiced phonemes. It is mainly connected with the formation of verbs.
Prefix
z-
- be-, to-, dis-
Derived terms
References
- ^ Schumacher, S. & Matzinger, J. Die Verben des Altalbanischen. Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie. Harrassowitz Verlag 2013. Wiesbaden.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 173-174
Czech
Etymology
z used as a prefix.
Prefix
z-
- a prefix, to form perfective verbs
- a prefix, indicating a change of state
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- z-/ze- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Kashubian
Pronunciation
Prefix
z-
- used to form the perfect aspect of verbs
- added to verbs in various meanings
Maltese
Pronunciation
Article
z-
- Alternative form of il-
Usage notes
- Used after a vowel and before the letter z. For details on usage, see the main lemma.
Old Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /s/, /s/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /s/, /s/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ- (“good”).
Prefix
z-
- forms words with positive meanings
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ- (“with”).
Prefix
z-
- attached to verbs to form verbs denoting getting something together
- down from
Descendants
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz-, prefix form of *jьz.
Prefix
z-
- forms perfective verbs from imperfective ones
- off, out or from
Derived terms
Descendants
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z/, (before sz, s, h) /s/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish z-. Doublet of eu-.
Prefix
z-
- forms words with positive meaning
- z- + część + -e → szczęście
- z- + pokój → spokój
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Polish z-. Doublet of ko- and kon-.
Prefix
z-
- attached to verbs to form verbs denoting getting something together
- z- + brać → zebrać
- z- + prowadzić → sprowadzić
- z- + pisać → spisać
- z- + grać → zgrać
- z- + szyć → zszyć
- z- + łączyć → złączyć
- down from
- z- + jazda → zjazd
- z- + nosić → znosić
- z- + iść → zejść
Etymology 3
Inherited from Old Polish z-. Doublet of eks-.
Prefix
z-
- used before vowels or voiced consonants, sibilants (s, sz, z, ż), as well as h and semivowels (j, ł) to form a verb in a perfective aspect from a verb in an imperfective aspect.
- z- + decydować → zdecydować
- z- + dzielać → zdzielać
- z- + denerwować → zdenerwować
- z- + gnieść → zgnieść
- z- + hańbić → zhańbić
- z- + irytować → zirytować
- z- + jeść → zjeść
- z- + łamać → złamać
- z- + martwić → zmartwić
- z- + niszczyć → zniszczyć
- z- + orientować → zorientować
- z- + ranić → zranić
- z- + robić → zrobić
- z- + szokować → zszokować
- z- + wiedzić → zwiedzić
- off, out or from
- z- + jąć (“take”) → zdjąć (“take off”)
- z- + rwać (“tear”) → zerwać (“tear off”)
- z- + pod (“under”) → spód (“bottom”), spod (“from under”)
Derived terms
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n). Prefixed form of the preposition z.
Pronunciation
Prefix
z-
- Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
- (no change in meaning)
- z- + budīti (“to wake”) → zbudīti (“to wake”)
- away, aside, down
- z- + téči (“to run”) → stéči (“to run away”)
- up
- z- + lẹ́sti (“to climb”) → zlẹ́sti (“to climb up”)
- together
- z- + varīti (“to weld”) → zvarīti (“to weld together”)
Usage notes
Before voiceless consonants, the variant s- is used. Before the sibilants s or z, the variant se- is used.
Derived terms