абаза

Abaza

Adjective

абаза • (abaza)

Abaza

Noun

абаза • (abaza)

Abaza, Abaza person

Abkhaz

Etymology

From Abaza абаза (abaza).

Adjective

абаза • (abaza)

Abaza

Noun

абаза • (abaza) (plural аба́заа)

Abaza, Abaza person

Russian

Etymology 1

All meanings most likely derive from the ethnonym абази́ны (abazíny, “Abazins”). The meaning of stupid infidel was borrowed through Turkish abaza (“stupid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐbɐˈza]

Noun

абаза́ • (abazá) m anim or f anim (genitive абазы́, nominative plural абазы́, genitive plural аба́з)

(dialectal, Crimea, Caucasus, vulgar, dated) a stupid infidel
(dialectal, Crimea, Caucasus) a type of horse in the Caucasus

Declension

Declension of абаза́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	абаза́ abazá	абазы́ abazý
genitive	абазы́ abazý	аба́з abáz
dative	абазе́ abazé	абаза́м abazám
accusative	абазу́ abazú	аба́з abáz
instrumental	абазо́й, абазо́ю abazój, abazóju	абаза́ми abazámi
prepositional	абазе́ abazé	абаза́х abazáx

Noun

абаза́ • (abazá) f inan (genitive абазы́, nominative plural абазы́, genitive plural аба́з)

a strong wind in the Black Sea coming from the Caucasus region

Declension

Declension of абаза́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	абаза́ abazá	абазы́ abazý
genitive	абазы́ abazý	аба́з abáz
dative	абазе́ abazé	абаза́м abazám
accusative	абазу́ abazú	абазы́ abazý
instrumental	абазо́й, абазо́ю abazój, abazóju	абаза́ми abazámi
prepositional	абазе́ abazé	абаза́х abazáx

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “абаза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐˈbazə]

Noun

аба́за • (abáza) m inan

genitive singular of аба́з (abáz)