ꙗзъ

See also: ꙗꙁъ, азъ, and язь

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑzʊ//ˈjazʊ//ˈjaz/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɑzʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjazʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjaz/

  • Hyphenation: ꙗ‧зъ

Pronoun

ꙗзъ (jazŭ)

  1. I; first person singular pronoun

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: (ja), ꙗзъ (jaz)
    • Belarusian: я (ja)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: я (ja)
    • Ukrainian: я (ja)
  • Russian: я (ja)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ꙗзъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 10