з

See also: э, є, З, 3, ဒ, and ع‎

з U+0437, з CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZE ← ж [U+0436] Cyrillic и → [U+0438]

Translingual

Cyrillic letter З з
(З з), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Letter

з (upper case З)

1. a letter in several Cyrillic alphabets

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

з • (z) (upper case З)

1. The eleventh letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Belarusian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З)

1. The 9th letter of the Belarusian alphabet.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jo jo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), І і (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ў ў (Ŭ ŭ), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

Etymology 2

Preposition

з • (z)

1. with
2. since

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Bulgarian

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З) (italics: З, з)

1. The eighth letter of the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is зъ /zɤ/ and it has the sound of English z.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i) (Ѝ ѝ (Ì ì)), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Št št), Ъ ъ (Ǎ ǎ), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	з (z)
Arabic	ز‎

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З)

1. The eleventh letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ә ә (Ä ä), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (Ï ï), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Қ қ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (W w), Ұ ұ (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şş şş), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), І і (İ i), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (É é), Ю ю (Yw yw), Я я (Ya ya)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З)

1. The 10th letter of the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

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Old Church Slavonic

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З)

1. The 10th letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet.

See also

• (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), Ꙁ ꙁ (Z z), З з (Z z), И и (I i), І і (I i), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Ҁ ҁ (Ҁ ҁ), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ȣ ȣ (Ȣ ȣ), Оу оу (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ѿ ѿ (Otŭ otŭ), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Št št), Ъ ъ (Ŭ ŭ), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (Ĭ ĭ), Ѣ ѣ (Ě ě), Ꙗ ꙗ (Ja ja), Ѥ ѥ (Je je), Ю ю (Ju ju), Ѧ ѧ (Ę ę), Ѫ ѫ (Ǫ ǫ), Ѩ ѩ (Ję ję), Ѭ ѭ (Jǫ jǫ), Ѡ ѡ (O o), Ѻ ѻ (O o), Ѯ ѯ (Ks ks), Ѱ ѱ (Ps ps), Ѳ ѳ (Θ θ), Ѵ ѵ (Ü ü)

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z~ʒ/

Letter

з • (z) (upper case З)

1. The eleventh letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ӕ ӕ (Æ æ), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гъ гъ (Ǧ ǧ), Д д (D d), Дж дж (Ǵ ǵ), Дз дз (Ʒ ʒ), Е е (E e), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Къ къ (K’ k’), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Пъ пъ (P’ p’), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Тъ тъ (Tʺ t’), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хъ хъ (Q q), Ц ц (C c), Цъ цъ (C’ c’), Ч ч (Ḱ ḱ), Чъ чъ (Ḱ’ ḱ’), Ы ы (Y y)

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Russian

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З) (italics: З, з)

1. The ninth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is зэ (zɛ) and it has the sound of English z.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква (búkva); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jó jó), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ ( ), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

з (lower case, upper case З)

1. The 9th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is з /zɛ/ and it has the sound of English z.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ђ ђ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ћ ћ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

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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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [z]

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Etymology 1

Letter

з • (z) (lower case, upper case З)

1. The 10th letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Ґ ґ (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Є є (Je je), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (Y y), І і (I i), Ї ї (Ji ji), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

з • (z) (+ genitive)

1. from
2. of

Etymology 3

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

Preposition

з • (z) (+ instrumental)

1. with

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Zhuang

Letter

з (lower case, upper case З)

1. Obsolete spelling of j

Usage notes

• This spelling is in the old orthography used from 1957 to 1986.