az

See also: Appendix:Variations of "az"

English

Etymology 1

Adverb

az (not comparable)

  1. 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.

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).

Noun

az (uncountable)

  1. Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.
Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic
Roman az
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (az, “few, little, a bit, a little”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑz]
  • Audio(Baku)(file)

Adjective

az

  1. few, little

Adverb

az

  1. a bit, a little

Derived terms

Breton

Pronoun

az

  1. you (sg acc.)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (az, “few, little, a bit, a little”).

Adjective

az

  1. few, little

Synonyms

Gagauz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Compare Turkish az.

Adjective

az

  1. few

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒz]
  • Audio(file)

Article

az

  1. the
    az iskola - the school

Usage notes

Used before words beginning with a vowel.

Derived terms

  • a, for words starting with a consonant

Pronoun

az

  1. that
    Az ott egy ház. ― That is a house over there.

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

Derived terms

Determiner

az

  1. that (used before a noun phrase with a definite article)
    Az a ház nagyon szép. - That house is very beautiful.

Declension

  • uses the same declension as the pronoun above

See also

Latvian

Preposition

az (with genitive)

  1. (dialectal) behind; alternative form of aiz

Mapudungun

Noun

az (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. countenance; face; side
  2. form; colour; aspect
  3. personality; habit
  4. 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)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ás

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑz]

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آز‎ (az, “little”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *āŕa (“small, scarce; recent”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕‎ (āz, “few, little, a bit, a little”), Karakhanid اازْ‎ (āz, “few, scanty”).

Adjective

az (comparative daha az, superlative en az)

  1. few, little
Declension

Adverb

az

  1. a bit, a little
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

az

  1. second-person singular imperative of azmak
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