аз

See also: яз, a3, әҙ, Appendix:Variations of "as", and Appendix:Variations of "az"

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• а́зе (áze), я́зе (jáze), я (ja) — regional
• а́зи (ázi)
• ес (es) — dialectal
• азъ (az) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [as]

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Pronoun

аз • (az) (personal)

1. I; the first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.

   Аз съм по-висо́ка от теб.

   Az sǎm po-visóka ot teb.

   I am taller than you.

   Аз не гово́ря англи́йски.

   Az ne govórja anglíjski.

   I don't speak English.

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

	Person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)		dative (indirect complement)		prepositional
				full	short	full	short
singular	first	—	аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	second	informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	Third	masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
plural	first	—	ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	second	informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third	—	те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

References

• “аз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “аз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• за (za), за- (za-)

Chechen

Etymology

From *awaz, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آواز. Compare Tatar аваз (awaz).

Noun

аз • (az) ?

1. voice

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	از
Cyrillic	аз
Latin	az

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb

аз • (az)

1. few, little

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb

аз • (az)

1. few
2. a little

Derived terms

• бираз (biraz)

Further reading

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аз”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.

Adverb

аз • (az) (Arabic spelling از)

1. few
2. a little

Mongolian

Etymology

Often paired and contrasted with эз (ez, “omen, fate”).
Morphologically it looks like the Mongolic defective verb *a- (“be”) + -з (-z) (ᠵᠠ (ǰa) ) suffix, but the semantics are unclear.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /at͡s/, [at͡s]

Noun

аз • (az) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠵᠠ (aǰa))

1. fortune, luck

Derived terms

• аз жаргал (az žargal, “happiness”)

Ossetian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ä́z̠]
• Hyphenation: аз

Noun

аз • (az)

1. year

Declension

Declension of аз (az)

	singular	plural
nominative	аз	азтӕ
genitive	азы	азты
dative	азӕн	азтӕн
allative	азмӕ	азтӕм
ablative	азӕй	азтӕй
inessive	азы	азты
adessive	азыл	азтыл
equative	азау	азтау
comitative	азимӕ	азтимӕ

Russian

Alternative forms

• азъ (az) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [as]

Etymology 1

From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.

Noun

аз • (az) m inan (genitive аза́, nominative plural азы́, genitive plural азо́в)

1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter А, а

   Synonym: а (a)

2. (plural only, dated) letters
3. (plural only) basics, fundamentals

Declension

Declension of аз (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́з áz	азы́ azý
genitive	аза́ azá	азо́в azóv
dative	азу́ azú	аза́м azám
accusative	а́з áz	азы́ azý
instrumental	азо́м azóm	аза́ми azámi
prepositional	азе́ azé	аза́х azáx

Derived terms

• а́збука f (ázbuka), азы́ m pl (azý)

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

аз • (az)

1. (archaic, biblical) I (first person singular nominative pronoun)

   Synonym: я (ja)

   аз есмь госпо́дь бог твой ― az jesmʹ gospódʹ bog tvoj ― I am your Lord God

Pronoun

аз • (az) (genitive аза́)

1. (colloquial, ironic) yours truly, your humble servant (as a self-deprecating, third-person reference to oneself)

   поми́луй гре́шного аза́ ― pomíluj gréšnovo azá ― forgive this humble sinner

Declension

Declension of аз (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	а́з áz
genitive	аза́ azá
dative	азу́ azú
accusative	а́з áz
instrumental	азо́м azóm
prepositional	азе́ azé

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian اَز (az).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /az/, [ʔäz]

Preposition

аз • (az) (Persian spelling از)

1. from, since

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ. Cognate to Bashkir әҙ (əź), etc.

Adverb

аз • (az)

1. a bit, slightly