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iz

//îz//
Serbo-Croatianprep
Ћирилица: изone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    from, out of
    • Petar je iz Podgorice.

      Petar is from Podgorica.

    • izaći iz sobe

      to go out of the room

    • piti iz čaše

      to drink from a glass

  2. 2.
    Used in miscellaneous expressions that refer to some source or origin; for, because of, out of
    • iz navike

      out of habit

    • iz nepoznatog razloga

      for whatever reason

    • iz straha

      out of fear

  3. 3.
    colloquialregional(+ instrumental case) with, together with, along with
    • ići iz njim

      to go with him

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out of”), *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs.

Forms

  • ȉzcanonical
  • и̏зcyrillic

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