азъ

See also: язь and ꙗзъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Cognate with Lithuanian , Sanskrit अहम् (aham), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ).

Pronoun

азъ • (azŭ)

  1. I

Declension

Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns
nominative accusative genitive locative dative instrumental possessive
singular 1st person азъ (azŭ) мѧ () мене (mene) мьнѣ (mĭně) мьнѣ, ми (mĭně, mi) мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ) мои (moi)
2nd person тꙑ (ty) тѧ () тебе (tebe) тебѣ (tebě) тебѣ, ти (tebě, ti) тобоѭ (tobojǫ) твои (tvoi)
dual 1st person вѣ () на (na) наю (naju) наю (naju) нама, на (nama, na) нама (nama) нашь (našĭ)
2nd person ва (va) ва (va) ваю (vaju) ваю (vaju) вама, ва (vama, va) вама (vama) вашь (vašĭ)
plural 1st person мꙑ (my) нꙑ (ny) насъ (nasŭ) насъ (nasŭ) намъ, нꙑ (namŭ, ny) нами (nami) нашь (našĭ)
2nd person вꙑ (vy) вꙑ (vy) васъ (vasŭ) васъ (vasŭ) вамъ, вꙑ (vamŭ, vy) вами (vami) вашь (vašĭ)
reflexive сѧ () себе (sebe) себѣ (sebě) себѣ, си (sebě, si) собоѭ (sobojǫ) свои (svoi)

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: аз (az)
  • Russian: аз (az)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑzʊ//ˈazʊ//ˈaz/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɑzʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈazʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈaz/

Pronoun

азъ (azŭ)

  1. I; first person singular pronoun

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: азъ (az)
  • Russian: (archaic or religious) аз (az), (pre-1918 orthography) азъ (az)