з

See also: э, є, З, 3, ဒ, and ع

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, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, І і, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ў ў, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и (Ѝ ѝ), Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ز
Cyrillic	з
Latin	z

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, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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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, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ѓ ѓ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, Ѕ ѕ, 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, Ќ ќ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

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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, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ

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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, Ӕ ӕ, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Къ къ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пъ пъ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тъ тъ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Ц ц, Цъ цъ, Ч ч, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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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; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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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)
• із (iz)

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, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

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

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