iz

Eye dialect spelling of is.

iz

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź, *iś, 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 and Kurdish ji.[1]

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

This old preposition has mostly been replaced by its synonym no (“from, out of”).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

• IPA^(key): /iz/

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

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

From Proto-Germanic *it.

• IPA^(key): [ʔɪs]

iz

1. it

• Middle High German: ëz, iz
  • Alemannic German: es
  • Bavarian: es

    Cimbrian: es, is, 's

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: es

  • German: es
  • Luxembourgish: et
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: es

  • Yiddish: עס‎ (es)

From Proto-Zapotec *yisa.

iz

1. year

• López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 15, 23

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

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /is/

iz

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

From Ottoman Turkish ایز‎ (iz, “footmark, track, trace, trail”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (iz, “footprint”), from Proto-Turkic *īŕ, *ɨ̄ŕ (“trace, furrow”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [iz]

iz (definite accusative izi, plural izler)

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

• istemek
• irdelemek
• izlemek

From Proto-Zapotec *yisa.

iz

1. year

• Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎, second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 241, 365

From Proto-Zapotec *yisa.

iz

1. year

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236, 324