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iz

iz

See also: íz, iz-, -iz-, iż-, and איז

English

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 , dialectal , 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 apakšzemesfrom 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This old preposition has mostly been replaced by its synonym no (from, out of).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 9984-700-12-7

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iz/

Preposition

iz (Cyrillic spelling из)

  1. (with genitive) from, out of
    izaći iz sobe — to go out of the room
    piti iz čaše — to drink from the glass
    doći iz Amerike — to come from America
  2. (with genitive) for, because of, out of
    iz navikeout of habit
    iz nepoznatog razlogafor unknown reasons
    iz ljubaviout of love
  3. (with genitive) in miscellaneous senses in various phrasal constructs
    iz iskustvafrom experience
    iz prikrajka — stealthily
    iz strahafrom fear
    ispit iz matematike — math test
    seminar iz biologije — biology seminar
  4. (colloquial, regional, with instrumental) with, together with, along with
    ići iz njim — to go with somebody

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

Derived terms

Related 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