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uz

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "uz"

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Uzbek or Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek.

Symbol

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uz

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Uzbek.

See also

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronoun

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uz

  1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of us (“me”).

Anagrams

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Gagauz

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز (uz, “skilled; master”), from Proto-Common Turkic *ūz, from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ū-.[1][2] Compare obsolete Turkish uz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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uz (comparative taa uz, superlative en uz)

  1. flat, smooth
    Synonyms: dooru, düz
  2. correct, right
    aaz olsun ama uz olsun
    let it be few but correct
  3. honest, truthful
    uz adam ― honest man

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “u:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 277
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “uz”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 99
  • Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “uz”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 83
  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “уз”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 484
  • Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “uz”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 283

Galician

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FWOTD – 27 March 2013

Alternative forms

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uces

Etymology

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From Latin ulex, itself from a local substrate language. Compare Portuguese urze, Spanish urce, Asturian urcia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuθ/, (western) /ˈus/

Noun

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uz f (plural uces)

  1. (botany) heather (especially any of several shrub species in the genus Erica)
    • 1458, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 413:
      et abedes de leuantar enno dicto lugar huna casa enno dicto lugar, de pedra, cuberta de huzes et de culmo
      You should build there a house at that place, made of stone, covered with heather and thatch
    • 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: breixo, queiroa, torgo
    1. Spanish heath (Erica australis)
      Synonym: uz moura
    2. tree heath (Erica arborea)
      Synonym: uz branca
    3. Erica scoparia
    4. heather (Calluna vulgaris)
      Synonym: queiroa

Derived terms

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References

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź.

Preposition

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uz (with accusative or genitive)

  1. on, onto (with genitive)
  2. to (with accusative)

Old High German

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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ūȥ

  1. out

Preposition

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ūȥ

  1. out of

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: ūȥ

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin usus.

Noun

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uz n (plural uzuri)

  1. use

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative uz uzul uzuri uzurile
genitive-dative uz uzului uzuri uzurilor
vocative uzule uzurilor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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uz (Cyrillic spelling уз) (+ accusative case)

  1. 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. next to, beside, alongside, by
    uz cestu ― next to the road
    uza samu granicu ― on the very border
  3. with, while, along with (circumstances or conditions accompanying the action)
    uz sm(ij)eh/plač ― with laughter/crying
    uz p(j)esmu ― while singing
    uz piće ― with a drink; while having a drink
    p(j)evati uz klavir ― to sing while the piano is playing
  4. in spite of, despite (= pȍred)
    uza sve to ― despite all that

Usage notes

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

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References

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  • “uz”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Proto-Common Turkic *ūz, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”), akin to oğan.

Adjective

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uz

  1. good, nice
  2. able, skilled
    Synonyms: uzman, becerikli
Declension
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Predicative forms of uz
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) uzum uz muyum?
sen (you are) uzsun uz musun?
o (he/she/it is) uz / uzdur uz mu?
biz (we are) uzuz uz muyuz?
siz (you are) uzsunuz uz musunuz?
onlar (they are) uz(lar) uz(lar) mı?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) uzdum uz muydum?
sen (you were) uzdun uz muydun?
o (he/she/it was) uzdu uz muydu?
biz (we were) uzduk uz muyduk?
siz (you were) uzdunuz uz muydunuz?
onlar (they were) uzdular uz muydular?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) uzmuşum uz muymuşum?
sen (you were) uzmuşsun uz muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was) uzmuş uz muymuş?
biz (we were) uzmuşuz uz muymuşuz?
siz (you were) uzmuşsunuz uz muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were) uzmuşlar uz muymuşlar?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) uzsam uz muysam?
sen (if you) uzsan uz muysan?
o (if he/she/it) uzsa uz muysa?
biz (if we) uzsak uz muysak?
siz (if you) uzsanız uz muysanız?
onlar (if they) uzsalar uz muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Proto-Turkic *uŕa-. Akin to uzak.

Adverb

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uz

  1. far, distant
    Synonyms: uzak, ırak
Usage notes
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References

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  • “uz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Pronoun

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uz

  1. alternative form of ouse
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 10:
      Thaar's no own aal to taak uz thaar.
      There's no one at all to take us there,

References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131
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