азъ

See also: язь and ꙗзъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰰⰸⱏ (azŭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Cognate with Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit अहम् (aham), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ).

Pronoun

азъ • (azŭ)

1. I

Declension

Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	locative	dative	instrumental		possessive
singular	1st person	азъ (azŭ)	мѧ (mę)	мене (mene)	мьнѣ (mĭně)	мьнѣ, ми (mĭně, mi)	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)		мои (moi)
	2nd person	тꙑ (ty)	тѧ (tę)	тебе (tebe)	тебѣ (tebě)	тебѣ, ти (tebě, ti)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)		твои (tvoi)
dual	1st person	вѣ (vě)	на (na)	наю (naju)	наю (naju)	нама, на (nama, na)	нама (nama)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	ва (va)	ва (va)	ваю (vaju)	ваю (vaju)	вама, ва (vama, va)	вама (vama)		вашь (vašĭ)
plural	1st person	мꙑ (my)	нꙑ (ny)	насъ (nasŭ)	насъ (nasŭ)	намъ, нꙑ (namŭ, ny)	нами (nami)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	вꙑ (vy)	вꙑ (vy)	васъ (vasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	вамъ, вꙑ (vamŭ, vy)	вами (vami)		вашь (vašĭ)
reflexive		—	сѧ (sę)	себе (sebe)	себѣ (sebě)	себѣ, си (sebě, si)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)		свои (svoi)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: аз (az)
• → Russian: аз (az)

Noun

азъ • (azŭ) ?

1. name of the first letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets, respectively А and Ⰰ.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “азъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ꙗ (ja); ꙗзъ (jazŭ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑzʊ/→/ˈazʊ/→/ˈaz/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɑzʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈazʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈaz/

Pronoun

азъ (azŭ)

1. I; first person singular pronoun

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: азъ (az)
• Russian: (archaic or religious) аз (az), (pre-1918 orthography) азъ (az)