аз

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See also: яз, a3, әҙ, Appendix:Variations of "as", and Appendix:Variations of "az"

Bulgarian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [as]
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun[edit]

аз • (az) (personal)

  1. I; the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.
    Аз съм по-висо́ка от теб.
    Az sǎm po-visóka ot teb.
    I am taller than you.
    Аз не гово́ря англи́йски.
    Az ne govórja anglíjski.
    I don't speak English.

Related terms[edit]

Bulgarian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Prepositional
Full Short Full Short
Singular First — аз (az) мен (men)
ме́не (méne) 		ме (me) ме́не (méne) ми (mi) мен (men)
ме́не (méne)
Second Informal ти (ti) теб (teb)
те́бе (tébe) 		те (te) те́бе (tébe) ти (ti) теб (teb)
те́бе (tébe)
Formal Ви́е (Víe) Вас (Vas) Ви (Vi) Вам (Vam) Ви (Vi) Вас (Vas)
Third Masculine той (toj) не́го (négo) го (go) не́му (nému) му (mu) не́го (négo)
Feminine тя (tja) не́я (néja) я (ja) ней (nej) ѝ (ì) не́я (néja)
Neuter то (to) не́го (négo) го (go) не́му (nému) му (mu) не́го (négo)
Plural First — ни́е (níe)
ний (nij) 		нас (nas) ни (ni) нам (nam) ни (ni) нас (nas)
Second Informal ви́е (víe)
вий (vij) 		вас (vas) ви (vi) вам (vam) ви (vi) вас (vas)
Formal Ви́е (Víe) Вас (Vas) Ви (Vi) Вам (Vam) Ви (Vi) Вас (Vas)
Third — те (te) тях (tjah) ги (gi) тям (tjam) им (im) тях (tjah)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  2. ^ Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
  3. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100

Anagrams[edit]

Chechen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).

Noun[edit]

аз • (az) ?

  1. voice

Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic از
Cyrillic аз
Latin az

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb[edit]

аз • (az)

  1. few, little

Kumyk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb[edit]

аз • (az)

  1. few
  2. a little

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb[edit]

аз • (az) (Arabic spelling از)

  1. few
  2. a little

Mongolian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Often paired and contrasted with эз (ez, “omen, fate”).
Morphologically it looks like the Mongolic defective verb *a- (“be”) + -з (-z) (ᠵᠠ (ǰa) ) suffix, but the semantics are unclear.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))

  1. fortune, luck

Derived terms[edit]

Ossetian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ä́z̠]
  • Hyphenation: аз

Noun[edit]

аз • (az)

  1. year

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

Noun[edit]

аз • (az) m inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)

  1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а
    Synonym: а (a)
  2. (plural only, dated) letters
  3. (plural only) basics, fundamentals
Declension[edit]
Declension of аз (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative а́з
áz 		азы́
azý
genitive аза́
azá 		азо́в
azóv
dative азу́
azú 		аза́м
azám
accusative а́з
áz 		азы́
azý
instrumental азо́м
azóm 		аза́ми
azámi
prepositional азе́
azé 		аза́х
azáx
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronoun[edit]

аз • (az)

  1. (archaic, biblical) I (first person singular nominative pronoun)
    Synonym: я (ja)
    аз есмь госпо́дь бог твой ― az jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvoj ― I am your Lord God

Pronoun[edit]

аз • (az) (genitive аза́)

  1. (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)
    поми́луй гре́шного аза́ ― pomíluj gréšnovo azá ― forgive this humble sinner
Declension[edit]
Declension of аз (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular
nominative а́з
áz
genitive аза́
azá
dative азу́
azú
accusative а́з
áz
instrumental азо́м
azóm
prepositional азе́
azé

Tajik[edit]

Dari از
Iranian Persian
Tajik аз

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

аз • (az)

  1. from, since

Tatar[edit]

Adverb[edit]

аз • (az)

  1. a bit, slightly
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