аз

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

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ,[1][2][3] from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

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.
Bulgarian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Prepositional
Full Short Full Short
SingularFirst— аз (az) мен (men)
мене (méne)		 ме (me) мене (méne) ми (mi) мен (men)
мене (méne)
SecondInformal ти (ti) теб (teb)
тебе (tébe)		 те (te) тебе (tébe) ти (ti) теб (teb)
тебе (tébe)
Formal Вие (Víe) Вас (Vas) Ви (Vi) Вам (Vam) Ви (Vi) Вас (Vas)
ThirdMasculine той (toj) него (négo) го (go) нему (nému) му (mu) него (négo)
Feminine тя (tja) нея (néja) я (ja) ней (nej) ѝ (ì) нея (néja)
Neuter то (to) него (négo) го (go) нему (nému) му (mu) него (négo)
PluralFirst— ние (níe)
ний (nij)		 нас (nas) ни (ni) нам (nam) ни (ni) нас (nas)
SecondInformal вие (víe)
вий (vij)		 вас (vas) ви (vi) вам (vam) ви (vi) вас (vas)
Formal Вие (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
  1. Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
  2. Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume I, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 5
  3. Trubačev O. N., editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 100

Chechen

Noun

аз • (az) ?

  1. voice

Kazakh
Cyrillic аз (az)
Arabic از‎

Adverb

аз • (az)

  1. few, little

Mongolian

Pronunciation

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.

Noun

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

  1. fortune, luck, success, fate
Derived terms

Ossetian

Noun

аз • (az)

  1. year

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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 letter А (A)
  2. (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
See also

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

аз • (az)

  1. (archaic, ecclesiastic or ironic) I

See also

Tajik
Dari Persian از‎
Iranian Persian از‎
Tajiki Persian аз (az)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭‎ (az).

Preposition

аз • (az)

  1. from, since

Tatar

Adverb

аз • (az)

  1. a bit, slightly
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