uz

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uz"

Translingual

Etymology

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

Symbol

uz

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Uzbek terms

English

Pronoun

uz

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

Anagrams

• Zu

Gagauz

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us/

Adjective

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

• uzlaşmaa
• uzman

Further reading

• 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

FWOTD – 27 March 2013

Alternative forms

• uce, urce

uces

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuθ/, (western) /ˈus/

Noun

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

• Ucedo
• uceira
• Uces
• uzal
• Uzás

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “uz”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “uz”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “uz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “uz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “uz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź.

Preposition

uz (with accusative or genitive)

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

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adverb

ūȥ

1. out

Preposition

ūȥ

1. out of

Descendants

• Middle High German: ūȥ
  • Alemannic German: us
  • Cimbrian: aus, auz (Luserna)
  • German: aus
  • Luxembourgish: aus
  • Yiddish: אויס (oys)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin usus.

Noun

uz n (plural uzuri)

1. use

Declension

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

Related terms

• uza

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• uza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (unaccented) IPA^(key): /uz/

Preposition

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

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

Related terms

• uz-

References

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uz/, [uz̪]
• Rhymes: -uz

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

uz

1. good, nice
2. able, skilled

   Synonyms: uzman, becerikli

Declension

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

• uzlaşma
• uzlaşmak
• uzman

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

uz

1. far, distant

   Synonyms: uzak, ırak

Usage notes

• Only found in the fossilized idiom az gitmek, uz gitmek. Revitalized as a prefix during the Language Reform.
  • ‎uz- + ‎görü (“sight”) → ‎uzgörü (“foresight”)

References

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

Yola

Pronoun

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

• 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