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 iš, dialectal iž, 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 apakšzemes‎ ― from 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This old preposition has mostly been replaced by its synonym no ‎(“from, out of”).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
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     ma iz lǟ iz sīņõ, iz tǟnõ

     I didn't go any direction

2. third person singular past form of the negation verb
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     iz ūo

     wasn't

     iz ūo aigõ

     there wasn't time

3. first person plural past form of the negation verb

See also

• äb-
• äb
• äd
• ät
• izt
• alā
• algid
• algõ
• algõm
• algõd

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 navike — out of habit

   iz nepoznatog razloga — for unknown reasons

   iz ljubavi — out of love

3. (with genitive) in miscellaneous senses in various phrasal constructs

   iz iskustva — from experience

   iz prikrajka — stealthily

   iz straha — from 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

• istemek
• irdelemek
• izlemek

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