ꙗзъ

See also: ꙗꙁъ, азъ, and язь

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑzʊ//ˈjazʊ//ˈjaz/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɑzʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjazʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjaz/

  • Hyphenation: ꙗ‧зъ

Pronoun

ꙗзъ (jazŭ)

  1. I; first person singular pronoun

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns
Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative ꙗзъ (jazŭ), (ja), азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty)
Accusative мене (mene), мѧ () тебе (tebe), тѧ () себе (sebe), сѧ ()
Genitive мене (mene) тебе (tebe) себе (sebe)
Locative мънѣ (mŭně) тобѣ (tobě) собѣ (sobě)
Dative мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi) тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti) собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ) тобоѭ (tobojǫ) собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive мои (moi) твои (tvoi) свои (svoi)
Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative вѣ () вꙑ (vy)
Accusative на (na) ва (va) себе (sebe), сѧ ()
Genitive наю (naju) ваю (vaju) себе (sebe)
Locative наю (naju) ваю (vaju) собѣ (sobě)
Dative нама (nama) вама (vama) собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental нама (nama) вама (vama) собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive нашь (našĭ) вашь (vašĭ) свои (svoi)
Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy)
Accusative насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny) васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy) себе (sebe), сѧ ()
Genitive насъ (nasŭ) васъ (vasŭ) себе (sebe)
Locative насъ (nasŭ) васъ (vasŭ) собѣ (sobě)
Dative намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny) вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy) собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental нами (nami) вами (vami) собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive нашь (našĭ) вашь (vašĭ) свои (svoi)

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: (ja), ꙗзъ (jaz)
    • Belarusian: я (ja)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: я (ja)
    • Ukrainian: я (ja)
  • Russian: я (ja)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “ꙗзъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 10