iz

See also: íz, iz-, -iz-, iż-, and איז‎

English

Etymology

Eye dialect spelling of is.

Verb

iz

1. (African American Vernacular) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be

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Latvian

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“from”). Cognates include Lithuanian iš, dialectal iž, Old Prussian is, Proto-Slavic *jьz (Old Church Slavonic из (iz), Russian из (iz)), Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), ἐκ (ek) (dialectal ἐς (es)), Latin ex, ē, Kurdish ji.

Preposition

iz (with genitive)

1. (archaic) from, out of

   iz apakšzemes ― from the underworld

   Vanags izņēma glāzes iz skapja ― Vanags took the glasses from the cabinet

   ...lai šis karogs / iz tavas rokas nes mums uzvaru... ― so that this flag from your hands brings us victory

Usage notes

This old preposition has mostly been replaced by its synonym no (“from, out of”). The related prefix iz-, however, is still very frequent.

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iz/

Verb

i'z

1. first person singular past form of the negation verb
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     ma iz lǟ iz sīņõ, iz tǟnõ

     I didn't go any direction

2. third person singular past form of the negation verb
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     iz ūo

     wasn't

     iz ūo aigõ

     there wasn't time

3. first person plural past form of the negation verb

See also

• äb-
• äb
• äd
• ät
• izt
• alā
• algid
• algõ
• algõm
• algõd

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *it.

Pronoun

iz

1. it

Descendants

• Middle High German: ez
  • German: es

References

1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out of”), *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iz/

iz (Cyrillic spelling из)

1. (+ genitive case) from, out of

   Petar je iz Podgorice. ― Petar is from Podgorica.

   izaći iz sobe ― to go out of the room

   piti iz čaše ― to drink from a glass

   doći iz Amerike ― to come from America

2. (+ genitive case) Used in miscellaneous expressions that refer to some source or origin; for, because of, out of

   iz navike ― out of habit

   iz nepoznatog razloga ― for whatever reason

   iz straha ― out of fear

   из искуства ― from experience

   из прикрајка ― stealthily

   из страха ― from fear

   ispit iz matematike ― math test (literally, “test out of math”)

   seminar iz biologije ― biology seminar

3. (colloquial, regional) (+ instrumental case) with, together with, along with

   ići iz njim ― to go with him

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs (“from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is/, /iz/
• Tonal orthography: iz

Preposition

iz

1. (with genitive) from (with the source or provenance of or at)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایز‎ (iz, “footmark, track, trace, trail”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (iz, “footprint”), from Proto-Turkic *īŕ, *ɨ̄ŕ (“trace, furrow”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ī́ŕu (“trace, furrow”). Compare Manchu ᡳᡵᡠᠨ (irun, “furrow”), Korean 이랑 (irang, “furrow”).

cognates

Cognate with Karakhanid ايز‎ (īz, “trace on soil or skin”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (iz, “footprint”), Azerbaijani iz (“trace, scar”), Bashkir эҙ (eð, “trace”), ыҙан (ïðan, “furrow”), Chuvash йӗр (jĕr, “trace, mark”), йӑран (jăran, “furrow”), Kazakh із (iz, “trace”), Khakas iс (is, “trace”), Kyrgyz из (iz, “trace”),Southern Altai ис (is, “trace”), Turkmen yz (“trace”), Tuvan ис (ïs, “trace”), Uyghur ئىز‎ (iz, “trace”), Uzbek iz (“trace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iz]

Noun

iz (definite accusative izi, plural izler)

1. footprint, track
2. trace, mark, evidence, clue

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	iz
Definite accusative	izi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iz	izler
Definite accusative	izi	izleri
Dative	ize	izlere
Locative	izde	izlerde
Ablative	izden	izlerden
Genitive	izin	izlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular izim izlerim 2nd singular izin izlerin 3rd singular izi izleri 1st plural izimiz izlerimiz 2nd plural iziniz izleriniz 3rd plural izleri izleri

Derived terms

Terms derived from iz

• parmak izi
• yara izi

• izci
• izdüşüm

• izli
• izsiz

Related terms

• istemek
• irdelemek
• izlemek