съюз
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian союз (sojuz), itself borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съѭзъ (sŭjǫzŭ) - an alternative form of Old Church Slavonic съвѫзъ (sŭvǫzŭ). Cognate with the native dialectal terms Bulgarian въз m (vǎz), възе n (vǎze, “binder, fastener”), from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъ (“bond, tie”).
The secondary meaning conjunction is a calque of Latin coniūnctiō.
Noun
съю̀з • (sǎjùz) m
- union, alliance
- (government) association, league
- (grammar) conjunction
Inflection
Inflection of съюз
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | съюз | съюзи |
| definite (subject form) | съюзът | съюзите |
| definite (object form) | съюза | |
| count form | — | съюза |
| vocative form | съюзе | съюзи |
Derived terms
- Европейски съюз (Evropejski sǎjuz, “European Union”)
- Съветски съюз (Sǎvetski sǎjuz, “Soviet Union”)
- проф-съюз (prof-sǎjuz, “trade union”)
- съюзен (sǎjuzen, “allied”)
- съюзник m (sǎjuznik), съюзница f (sǎjuznica, “ally”)
- съюзя (sǎjuzja), съюзявам (sǎjuzjavam, “to unite”)
Related terms
- везя (vezja, “to web, to braid, to tie”)
- въже (vǎže, “rope”)
- възел (vǎzel, “knot”)
- узък (uzǎk, “tight”) (dialectal)
References
- съюз in Речник на българския език
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “съюз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 707