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

Letter

з (upper case З)

1. a letter in several Cyrillic alphabets

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Belarusian

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

Handwritten forms

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)

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(uh) (a bit similar to the intentionally bolded part of the pronunciation [zəˈmiːndɑː] in/of the word 'zemindar'.

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 (Ѝ 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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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) (Ѹ ѹ (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 (Ѻ ѻ), 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 (before мно́ю)
• із

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/, /s/

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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 1

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

Preposition

з • (z) (+ genitive)

1. from
2. of

Etymology 2

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.