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таз
таз
Bulgarian
Pronoun
таз • (taz) f (demonstrative)
- (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of тази (tazi) (the feminine singular of този (tozi)); this, this one, that, that one, the one, she
- Каква е таз книга?
- Kakva e taz kniga?
- What is this book?
- Каква е таз книга?
Usage notes
Таз and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз, туй, тез, оназ, онуй, онез) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.
Quotations
- 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadzhi Dimitar”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
- Грей и ти, слънце, / в таз робска земя!
- Grej i ti, slǎnce, / v taz robska zemja!
- And you, sun - / Shine on that slavish land!
- Грей и ти, слънце, / в таз робска земя!
- 1867, Hristo Botev, “To My Mother”, Gayda (newspaper):
- […] та туй сърце младо, таз душа страдна / да се оплачат тебе горкана...
- ta tuj sǎrce mlado, taz duša stradna / da se oplačat tebe gorkana...
- "So this young heart, this suffering soul / Might seek your solace, poor wretch..."
- […] та туй сърце младо, таз душа страдна / да се оплачат тебе горкана...
- 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadzhi Dimitar”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
Related terms
Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns
| Personal | Qualitative | Quantative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximal | Distal | ||||
| Masculine | Nominative | този (tózi) тоз (toz) тоя (tója) |
онзи (ónzi) оня (ónja) |
такъв (takǎ̀v) онакъв (onakǎ̀v) инакъв (ínakǎv) |
толкова (tólkova) толкоз (tólkoz) |
| Accusative | тогози (togózi) тогоз (togóz) тогова (togóva) |
оногози (onogózi) оногоз (onogóz) оногова (onogóva) |
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| Dative | томува (tomúva) | ономува (onomúva) | |||
| Feminine | — | тази (tázi) таз (taz) тая (tája) |
онази (onázi) оназ (onáz) оная (onája) |
такава (takáva) онакава (onakáva) инаква (ínakva) |
|
| Neuter | — | това (tová) туй (tuj) |
онова (onová) онуй (onúj) |
такова (takóva) онакова (onakóva) инакво (ínakvo) |
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| Plural | — | тези (tézi) тез (tez) тия (tíja) |
онези (onézi) онез (onéz) ония (oníja) |
такива (takíva) онакива (onakíva) инакви (ínakvi) |
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Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tas]
Etymology 1
From Old East Slavic тазъ (tazŭ), a Turkic borrowing. Compare Crimean Tatar tas, Turkish tas, Tatar тас (tas), etc. Ultimately from Persian تاس (tâs).
Noun
таз • (taz) m inan (genitive та́за, nominative plural тазы́, genitive plural тазо́в)
Declension
References
- Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “таз”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
- Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “таз”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
Etymology 2
Noun
таз • (taz) m anim (genitive та́за, nominative plural та́зы, genitive plural та́зов)
- person of Taz people.