iz

See also: íz, iz-, -iz-, iż-, and איז‎

English

Etymology

Eye dialect spelling of is.

Verb

iz

  1. (African American Vernacular) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be

Latvian

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“from”). Cognates include Lithuanian iš, dialectal iž, Old Prussian is, Proto-Slavic *jьz (Old Church Slavonic из (iz), Russian из (iz)), Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), ἐκ (ek) (dialectal ἐς (es)), Latin ex, ē, Kurdish ji.[1]

Preposition

iz (with genitive)

  1. (archaic) from, out of
    iz apakšzemes ― from the underworld
    Vanags izņēma glāzes iz skapja ― Vanags took the glasses from the cabinet
    ...lai šis karogs / iz tavas rokas nes mums uzvaru... ― so that this flag from your hands brings us victory

Usage notes

This old preposition has mostly been replaced by its synonym no (“from, out of”). The related prefix iz-, however, is still very frequent.

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “iz”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iz/

Verb

i'z

  1. first person singular past form of the negation verb
  2. third person singular past form of the negation verb
  3. first person plural past form of the negation verb
See also

Old High German


Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *it.

Pronoun

iz

  1. it

Descendants

  • Middle High German: ez
    • German: es

References

  1. Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out of”), *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iz/

iz (Cyrillic spelling из)

  1. (+ genitive case) from, out of
    Petar je iz Podgorice. ― Petar is from Podgorica.
    izaći iz sobe ― to go out of the room
    piti iz čaše ― to drink from a glass
    doći iz Amerike ― to come from America
  2. (+ genitive case) Used in miscellaneous expressions that refer to some source or origin; for, because of, out of
    iz navike ― out of habit
    iz nepoznatog razloga ― for whatever reason
    iz straha ― out of fear
    из искуства ― from experience
    из прикрајка ― stealthily
    из страха ― from fear
    ispit iz matematike ― math test (literally, “test out of math”)
    seminar iz biologije ― biology seminar
  3. (colloquial, regional) (+ instrumental case) with, together with, along with
    ići iz njim ― to go with him

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs (“from”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is/, /iz/
  • Tonal orthography: iz

Preposition

iz

  1. (with genitive) from (with the source or provenance of or at)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایز‎ (iz, “footmark, track, trace, trail”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (iz, “footprint”), from Proto-Turkic *īŕ, *ɨ̄ŕ (“trace, furrow”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ī́ŕu (“trace, furrow”).[1] Compare Manchu ᡳᡵᡠᠨ (irun, “furrow”), Korean 이랑 (irang, “furrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iz]

Noun

iz (definite accusative izi, plural izler)

  1. footprint, track
  2. trace, mark, evidence, clue

Declension

Inflection
Nominative iz
Definite accusative izi
Singular Plural
Nominative iz izler
Definite accusative izi izleri
Dative ize izlere
Locative izde izlerde
Ablative izden izlerden
Genitive izin izlerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular izim izlerim
2nd singular izin izlerin
3rd singular izi izleri
1st plural izimiz izlerimiz
2nd plural iziniz izleriniz
3rd plural izleri izleri

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ī́ŕu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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