az
See also: Appendix:Variations of "az"
Translingual
Symbol
az
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Azerbaijani.
English
Adverb
az (not comparable)
- Eye dialect spelling of as.
- 1790, Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, pages 340–341:
- The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents.
- 1790, Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, pages 340–341:
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
az (uncountable)
- (heraldry) Abbreviation of azure.
Etymology 3
From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).
Noun
az (uncountable)
- Name of the lettera in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.
Translations
name of the letter a in the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets
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Further reading
Early Cyrillic alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- 'za, ZA, za
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | аз | |
|---|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | آز | |
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑz]
Audio (file)
Adjective
az
- few, little
Adverb
az
- a bit, a little
Derived terms
- biraz
- az qala (“almost”)
Etymology 2
Likely from ay qız.
Interjection
az
- An informal way of addressing a girl.
- Az, nə qayırırsan?! ― Hey, what are you doing?!
See also
- ədə!
Breton
Pronoun
az
- you (sg acc.)
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Cognate with Old Turkic [Term?] (/az/, “few, little, a bit, a little”).
Adjective
az
- few, little
Synonyms
- teran, azğana
Gagauz
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Compare Turkish az.
Adjective
az
- few
Hungarian
Etymology
The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a[1] + a pronoun-forming suffix -z,[2] where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”).[3] Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboce, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”),[4][5] Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”)[6][7] and Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (ata, “here”), [script needed] (asi̮, “look here”).[3]
The definite article was created by means of conversion,[1][2] originally only in the form az, later shortened to a’ before consonants until the early 20th century, when the spelling a was accepted.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒz]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɒz
Article
az
- the (for words beginning with a vowel) [from 13th–14th c.]
- az iskola ― the school
Derived terms
- a (for words beginning with a consonant)
Pronoun
| ed Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| question | this | that | same | every-/all | no- | relative | some | any | else | |
| e/i- | a/o- | ugyan | mind(en)- | se(m/n)- | a- + qu. | vala | akár bár | más | ||
| who | ki | ő | u | mindenki | senki | aki | v | a b | m | |
| what | mi | ez | az | u u | minden | semmi | ami / amely | v | a b | m |
| which | melyik | mindegyik mind | semelyik egyik sem | amelyik | v | a b | m | |||
| how | hogy(an) miként | így | úgy | u u | mindenhogy mindenhogyan | sehogy(an) semmiképpen | (a)mint ahogy(an) | v v | a b a b | m/m m/m |
| what…like what kind | milyen miféle | ilyen efféle | olyan afféle | u u | mindenféle | semmilyen semmiféle | amilyen | v v | a b a b | m m/m |
| where | hol | itt | ott | u u | mindenhol mindenütt | sehol | ahol | v | a b | m m |
| from wh. | honnan | innen | onnan | u u | mindenhonnan | sehonnan | ahonnan | v | a b | m |
| to where | hova hová | ide | oda | u u | mindenhova mindenhová | sehova sehová | ahova ahová | v v | a b a b | m m |
| from which way | merről | erről | arról | u u | mindenfelől | semerről | amerről | v | a b | m |
| which way | merre | erre | arra | u u | mindenfelé | semerre | amerre | v | a b | m |
| why | miért | ezért | azért | u u | mindenért | semmiért | amiért | v | a b | m |
| how many | hány | ennyi | annyi | u u | mind az összes | sehány | ahány | v | a b | – |
| how much | mennyi | semennyi | amennyi | v | a b | |||||
| wh. extent | mennyire | ennyire | annyira | u u | (teljesen) | semennyire | amennyire | v | a b | – |
| what size | mekkora | ekkora | akkora | u u | (az egész) | semekkora | amekkora | v | a b | – |
| what time | mikor | ekkor | akkor | u u | mindig | soha/sose(m) sohase(m) | amikor | v | a b | m |
| how long how far | meddig | eddig | addig | u u | (végig)* | semeddig | ameddig | v | a b | – |
| *: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words. | ||||||||||
az
- that [from late 12th c.]
- Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz
- Az ott egy ház. ― That is a house over there.
- Az tetszik nekem a legjobban. ― That is what I like the most. (literally, “That appeals to me the most.”)
Declension
| Inflection of az | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | az | azok |
| accusative | azt | azokat |
| dative | annak | azoknak |
| instrumental | azzal | azokkal |
| causal-final | azért | azokért |
| translative | azzá | azokká |
| terminative | addig | azokig |
| essive-formal | akként | azokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | abban | azokban |
| superessive | azon | azokon |
| adessive | annál | azoknál |
| illative | abba | azokba |
| sublative | arra | azokra |
| allative | ahhoz | azokhoz |
| elative | abból | azokból |
| delative | arról | azokról |
| ablative | attól | azoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | azé | azoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | azéi | azokéi |
The possessive forms of this pronoun are not in use. If necessary, the corresponding possessive forms of olyan (“such [a thing]”) can be used.
Derived terms
- abbeli/abbéli
- afféle
- ahogy
- ahogyan
- ahol
- ahonnan
- aki
- ameddig
- amekkora
- amellett
- amely
- amelyik
- amerre
- ami
- amiatt
- amilyen
- amióta
- anélkül
- azalatt
- azáltal
- azelőtt
- azé
- aznap
- azóta
- aztán
- azután
- mindaz
- ugyanaz
| Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ed | suffix | who? | what? | this | that | he/she (it)* | ||
| case | v. pr. | c. | ||||||
| nom. | – | ki | mi | ez | az | ő* / -∅ az / -∅ | – | – |
| acc. | -t/ -ot/ -at / -et / -öt | kit | mit | ezt | azt | őt* / -∅ azt / -∅ | – | c1 c2 |
| dat. | -nak/ -nek | kinek | minek | ennek | annak | neki | neki- | c |
| ins. | -val/ -vel | kivel | mivel | ezzel/ evvel | azzal/ avval | vele | c | |
| c-f. | -ért | kiért | miért | ezért | azért | érte | – | c |
| tra. | -vá/ -vé | kivé | mivé | ezzé | azzá | – | – | c |
| ter. | -ig | – | meddig | eddig | addig | – | – | c |
| e-f. | -ként | (kiként) | (miként) | ekként | akként | – | – | c |
| e-m. | -ul/ -ül | – | – | – | – | – | – | c |
| ine. | -ban/ -ben | kiben | miben | ebben | abban | benne | – | c |
| sup. | -n/-on/-en/-ön | kin | min | ezen | azon | rajta | (rajta-) | c |
| ade. | -nál/ -nél | kinél | minél | ennél | annál | nála | – | c |
| ill. | -ba/ -be | kibe | mibe | ebbe | abba | bele | bele- | c |
| sub. | -ra/ -re | kire | mire | erre | arra | rá | rá- | c |
| all. | -hoz/-hez/-höz | kihez | mihez | ehhez | ahhoz | hozzá | hozzá- | c |
| el. | -ból/ -ből | kiből | miből | ebből | abból | belőle | – | c |
| del. | -ról/ -ről | kiről | miről | erről | arról | róla | – | c |
| abl. | -tól/ -től | kitől | mitől | ettől | attól | tőle | – | c |
| *: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All » | ||||||||
Determiner
az
- (used before a noun phrase with a definite article, declined in accordance with the noun phrase it applies to) that
- Coordinate terms: ez, emez, amaz
- Az a ház nagyon szép. ― That house is very beautiful.
- Azzal a dobozzal nem tudok mit kezdeni. ― I cannot do anything with that box.
- Azokban a házakban venezuelaiak laknak. ― In those houses, Venezuelan people are living.
- (rare, archaic, except in vowel-initial fixed phrases, with zero article) that
- Synonym: (before words starting with a consonant; rare in this function) a
- Coordinate terms: e, ez, eme, emez, ama, amaz, ezen, azon
- az ügyben (equivalent to abban az ügyben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that matter
- az évben (equivalent to abban az évben, but with an emphatic az) ― in that year
- az az évi díjak (with an emphatic second az) ― the fees of that year
Usage notes
Because az (in the first, common usage) takes a definite article (the) and van (“is, to be”) is omitted in "who"/"what" statements, some terms are ambiguous. “Az a ház” can mean both “that house” as a phrase and “That is the house” as a whole sentence. The same ambiguity may arise with ez.
Declension
| Inflection of az | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | az | azok |
| accusative | azt | azokat |
| dative | annak | azoknak |
| instrumental | azzal | azokkal |
| causal-final | azért | azokért |
| translative | azzá | azokká |
| terminative | addig | azokig |
| essive-formal | akként | azokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | abban | azokban |
| superessive | azon | azokon |
| adessive | annál | azoknál |
| illative | abba | azokba |
| sublative | arra | azokra |
| allative | ahhoz | azokhoz |
| elative | abból | azokból |
| delative | arról | azokról |
| ablative | attól | azoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | azé | azoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | azéi | azokéi |
References
- az in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / ELKH Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary).
- az in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- Entry #656 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Mari–English dictionary
- Mari–Russian dictionary
- Estonian–Udmurt dictionary (looking up Estonian seal (“there”))
- отын in the Finnish Wiktionary
Further reading
- az in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
- (pronoun or determiner): az in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (definite article, referring to its alternative form “a”): az in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (the referred entry on the definite article): (3): a in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Latvian
Preposition
az (with genitive)
- (dialectal) behind; alternative form of aiz
Mapudungun
Noun
az (Raguileo spelling)
- countenance; face; side
- form; colour; aspect
- personality; habit
- kinship
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Portuguese
Noun
az m (plural azes)
- Obsolete spelling of ás
Romanian
Adverb
az
- Obsolete form of azi.
References
- az in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Sumerian
Romanization
az
- Romanization of 𒊍 (az)
Talysh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Iranian *ajám. Cognate with Sanskrit अहम् (aham).
Pronoun
az (ergative mı)
- I
- Az ıştı hamsüəm.
- I am your neighbour.
References
- Pirejko, L. A. (1976), “az”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑz]
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish آز (az, “little”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /āz/, “few, little, a bit, a little”), Karakhanid اازْ (āz, “few, scanty”).
Determiner
az (comparative daha az, superlative en az)
- few, little
Declension
predicative forms of az
| present tense | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| positive, declarative | positive, interrogative | negative, declarative | negative, interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | azım | az mıyım? | az değilim | az değil miyim? |
| sen (you are) | azsın | az mısın? | az değilsin | az değil misin? |
| o (he/she/it is) | az / azdır | az mı? | az değil | az değil mi? |
| biz (we are) | azız | az mıyız? | az değiliz | az değil miyiz? |
| siz (you are) | azsınız | az mısınız? | az değilsiniz | az değil misiniz? |
| onlar (they are) | az(lar) | az(lar) mı? | az değil(ler) | az değiller mi? |
| past tense | ||||
| positive, declarative | positive, interrogative | negative, declarative | negative, interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | azdım | az mıydım? | az değildim | az değil miydim? |
| sen (you were) | azdın | az mıydın? | az değildin | az değil miydin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | azdı | az mıydı? | az değildi | az değil miydi? |
| biz (we were) | azdık | az mıydık? | az değildik | az değil miydik? |
| siz (you were) | azdınız | az mıydınız? | az değildiniz | az değil miydiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | azdılar | az mıydılar? | az değildi(ler) / değillerdi | az değil miydiler? |
| indirect past | ||||
| positive, declarative | positive, interrogative | negative, declarative | negative, interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | azmışım | az mıymışım? | az değilmişim | az değil miymişim? |
| sen (you were) | azmışsın | az mıymışsın? | az değilmişsin | az değil miymişsin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | azmış | az mıymış? | az değilmiş | az değil miymiş? |
| biz (we were) | azmışız | az mıymışız? | az değilmişiz | az değil miymişiz? |
| siz (you were) | azmışsınız | az mıymışsınız? | az değilmişsiniz | az değil miymişsiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | azmışlar | az mıymışlar? | az değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş | az değil miymişler? |
| conditional | ||||
| positive, declarative | positive, interrogative | negative, declarative | negative, interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | azsam | az mıysam? | az değilsem | az değil miysem? |
| sen (if you) | azsan | az mıysan? | az değilsen | az değil miysen? |
| o (if he/she/it) | azsa | az mıysa? | az değilse | az değil miyse? |
| biz (if we) | azsak | az mıysak? | az değilsek | az değil miysek? |
| siz (if you) | azsanız | az mıysanız? | az değilseniz | az değil miyseniz? |
| onlar (if they) | azsalar | az mıysalar? | az değilseler / değillerse | az değil miyseler? |
Related terms
- azlık
- azıcık
- azar azar
- azalmak
- biraz
Adverb
az
- a bit, a little
Antonyms
- çok
Verb
az
- second-person singular imperative of azmak
Yola
Alternative forms
- as
Etymology
From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā.
Conjunction
az
- as
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 3:
- an, az wee verilie chote,
- and, as we truly believe,
-
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114