jaz

See also: Jaz, jaź, jaż, jáz, and яз

English

Noun

jaz (uncountable)

1. Dated spelling of jazz (“musical style”).

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ězъ.

Noun

jaz m inan

1. weir

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jaz”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ězъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjas/

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: jaz

Noun

jaz m inan

1. weir (type of dam)

Declension

Declension of jaz

	singular	plural
nominative	jaz	jazy
genitive	jazu	jazów
dative	jazowi	jazom
accusative	jaz	jazy
instrumental	jazem	jazami
locative	jazie	jazach
vocative	jazie	jazy

Further reading

• jaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Encyklopedia staropolska/Jaz on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa(j)s/ [ˈʒa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa(j)s/ [ˈʒa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa(j)ʃ/ [ˈʒa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Hyphenation: jaz

Verb

jaz

1. inflection of jazer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ězъ.

Noun

jȃz m (Cyrillic spelling ја̑з)

1. abyss
2. (figuratively) gap

Declension

Declension of jaz

	singular	plural
nominative	jaz	jazovi
genitive	jaza	jazova
dative	jazu	jazovima
accusative	jaz	jazove
vocative	jazu	jazovi
locative	jazu	jazovima
instrumental	jazom	jazovima

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

jaz (Cyrillic spelling јаз)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian, regional) I

   Synonym: (Standard) ja

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jás/

Pronoun

jȁz

1. I

   Synonym: see Thesaurus:jaz

   Jaz sem Slovenec. ― I am a Slovene.

Declension

Second masculine/first feminine/second neuter declension (a-stem), mixed accent, suppletive, highly irregular Stressed ("naglasne") forms
nominative imenovȃlnik	jȁz	mȋdva m; mȋdve, mẹ̑dve f or n	mȋ m; mẹ̑ f or n
genitive rodȋlnik	méne	nȃju, nȁs	nȁs
dative dajȃlnik	méni	nȃma	nȁm
accusative tožȋlnik	méne	nȃju	nȁs
locative mẹ̑stnik	méni	nȃju, nȁs	nȁs
instrumental orọ̑dnik	mȃno, menọ́j	nȃma	nȃmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	–	mȋdva m; mȋdve, mẹ̑dve f or n	mȋ m; mẹ̑ f or n

Unstressed ("naslonske") forms
	singular	dual	plural
genitive rodȋlnik	me	naju, nas	nas
dative dajȃlnik	mi	nama	nam
accusative tožȋlnik	me	naju	nas

Binding ("navezne / predložne") accusative forms
	singular	dual	plural
unstressed	-me	–	–
stressed	mẹ̑	–	–

Noun

jȁz m inan

1. (literary) an individual and its personality, ego

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate)
nom. sing.	jȁz
gen. sing.	jȃza
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	jȁz	jȃza	jȃzi
genitive rodȋlnik	jȃza	jȃzov	jȃzov
dative dajȃlnik	jȃzu, jȃzi	jȃzoma	jȃzom
accusative tožȋlnik	jȃz	jȃza	jȃze
locative mẹ̑stnik	jȃzu, jȃzi	jȃzih	jȃzih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	jȃzom	jȃzoma	jȃzi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	jȁz	jȃza	jȃzi

See also

Slovene personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
		f or n		medve, midve	me
2nd person	familiar tikanje	m	ti	vidva	vi
		f or n		vedve, vidve	ve
3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona
Polite forms (not differentiated in dual and plural)					singular
polite vikanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 2rd person plural masculine					vi, Vi
very polite onikanje – instead of 2nd or 3rd person, binds with forms for 3rd person plural masculine (archaic)					oni
hyper polite onokanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 3rd person singular neuter (obsolete)					ono
patriarchal onkanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 3rd person singular masculine (obsolete)					on

Further reading

• “jaz”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “jaz”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Verb

jaz

1. second-person singular imperative of jacer