аз
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.[2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [as]
Audio (file)
Pronoun
аз • (az) (personal)
- 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
| Number | Person | Gender | 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
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- Mate Kapović, Reconstruction of Balto-Slavic Personal Pronouns (2006)
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
Chechen
Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | از |
| Cyrillic | аз |
| Latin | az |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Turkish az, Azerbaijani az, etc.
Kumyk
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, little”). Cognate with Azerbaijani az, etc.
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.
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]
Derived terms
- аз жаргал (az žargal, “happiness”)
Ossetian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ä́z̠]
- Hyphenation: аз
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Russian
Alternative forms
- азъ (az) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [as]
Etymology 1
From the pronoun with the same spelling, see below.
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.
Pronoun
аз • (az)
Pronoun
аз • (az) (genitive аза́)
Tajik
| Dari | از |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | аз |
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭 (az).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /äz/, [äz]
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