English

Proper noun

Uz

1. A region mentioned in the Bible whose exact geographical location is unknown.
   • 1611, The Bible (King James Version) Job 1:1

     There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

English

Pronoun

uz

1. (Geordie) me

Anagrams

• Zu

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ulex. Compare Portuguese urze, Spanish urce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuθ/
• (seseo merger) IPA^(key): /ˈus/

Noun

uz f ‎(plural uces)

1. heather (especially any of several shrub species in the genus Erica)
   • 1986, Constantino García, Grilos e ralos, rans albariñas in Actas do Congresso internacional de estudos sobre Rosalia de Castro e o seu tempo, volume 3, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 78:

     Dado que existe toxo albar e que albar e mesmo albariña significa nalgunhas zonas de Galicia uz, carpaza, breixo, penso que cabería tamén a posibilidade de interpreta-las rans albariñas como rans dos breixos.

     Considering that there is toxo albar and that albar and even albariña mean, in some regions of Galicia, heather, rockrose, heaths, I think we could also interpret rans albariñas as rockrose frogs.

Synonyms

• (heather): breixo, torga

Related terms

• uceira

Latvian

Preposition

uz ‎(with accusative or genitive)

1. on, onto
2. to

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūt, whence also Old Saxon, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Dutch ūt, Old Norse út, Gothic 𐌿𐍄 ‎(ūt).

Adverb

ūz

1. out

Preposition

ūz

1. out of

Descendants

• Middle High German: ūz
  • German: aus
  • Yiddish אויס ‎(oys)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin usus.

Noun

uz n ‎(plural uzuri)

1. use

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• uza

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъz- (Russian воз- ‎(voz-), Polish wz-). Cognate with Lithuanian už.

Pronunciation

• (unaccented) IPA^(key): /uz/

Preposition

uz ‎(Cyrillic spelling уз)

1. (with accusative) up, upward

   ići uz stepenice‎ ― to go upstairs

   uz brdo‎ ― uphill

   uz r(ij)eku‎ ― upriver

   peti/penjati se uz konopac‎ ― to climb a rope

2. (with accusative) next to, beside, by

   uz cestu‎ ― next to the road

   uza samu granicu‎ ― on the very border

3. (with accusative) with, along with (circumstances or conditions accompanying the action)

   uz sm(ij)eh/plač‎ ― while laughing/crying

   uz p(j)esmu‎ ― while singing

   uz piće‎ ― while drinking, while having a drink

   p(j)evati uz klavir‎ ― to sing while the piano is playing

4. (with accusative) in spite of, despite (=pȍred)

   uza sve to‎ ― despite all that

Usage notes

The variant form uza is used before enclitics and consonants which would make it difficult to pronounce.

Related terms

• uz-

References

• “uz” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Turkish

Alternative forms

• uzman
• usta

Etymology

From Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(uz, “to make, to be able to”), from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ ‎(“master, craftsman”), possibly from Proto-Altaic *ū́ŕV ‎(“craftsman”). -ŕ is not a suffix here.

Adjective

uz ‎(comparative daha uz, superlative en uz)

1. professional
2. proficient
3. skilled

Noun

uz ‎(definite accusative ?, plural uzlar)

1. adept
2. authority
3. craftsman
4. expert
5. master
6. specialist

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• *ūŕ, Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Related terms

• üstün