вз-

See also: воз

Russian

Alternative forms
  • вс- (vs-) — before a voiceless consonant
  • взо- (vzo-) — before certain consonant clusters

Etymology

Proto-Slavic *vъz-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź-. Cognate with Lithuanian už (“within, instead of, in return for”), Latvian uz (“on, to”). Further etymology disputed. Compare also воз- (voz-), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vz]

Prefix

вз- • (vz-)

  1. (used with verbs) upwards, up
    ‎взо- (vzo-) + ‎-йти́ (-jtí, “to go”) → ‎взойти́ (vzojtí, “to rise, to ascend”)
    ‎вс- (vs-) + ‎ки́нуть (kínutʹ, “to throw, cast, fling”) → ‎вски́нуть (vskínutʹ, “to throw up, to toss up”)
  2. (used with verbs) returning, re-

Derived terms
Russian terms prefixed with вз-
Russian terms prefixed with вс-
Russian terms prefixed with взо-
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