въз

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɤs]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vъz (“above”), continuing Old Church Slavonic въз (vŭz).

Preposition

въз • (vǎz)

1. (dated) above, at
2. (dated) against
3. on account of

   въз основа на ― vǎz osnova na ― based on

Alternative forms

• воз (voz) — Western dialects

References

• “въз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 203

Etymology 2

Per BER, a recent derivative, probably from contamination of ве́зя (vézja, “to web, to braid”) and въже́ (vǎžé, “rope”). Formally equivalent to Proto-Slavic *ǫzъ (“bond, tie”) (whence Old Church Slavonic съвѫзъ (sŭvǫzŭ, “link, conjoinment”)), *ǫza (“chain”) (whence Old Church Slavonic ѫза (ǫza, “shackles, fetters”)).

Noun

въз • (vǎz) m (diminutive въ́зе)

1. (dialectal) binder, fastener (of bag, shoes, cloths, apron)

   Synonym: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka)

Declension

Declension of въз

	singular	plural
indefinite	въз vǎz	въ́зове vǎ́zove
definite (subject form)	въ́зът vǎ́zǎt	въ́зовете vǎ́zovete
definite (object form)	въ́за vǎ́za
count form	—	въ́за vǎ́za

Alternative forms

• въза́ f (vǎzá)

Related terms

• съю́з (sǎjúz, “union”) (loanword from Russian)
• въ́зел (vǎ́zel, “knot, node”)
• въже́ (vǎžé, “rope”)
• вез (vez), везба́ (vezbá, “embroidery”)

References

• “въза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 203
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “вѧ́зъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 204
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “вѫза́”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 64

Anagrams

• въз- (vǎz-)