vaz

See also: Vaz, važ, váz, văz, and väz

Czech

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vaz (rozcestník)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvas]
• Hyphenation: vaz
• Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vázat.

Noun

vaz m inan (diminutive vázek)

1. ligament

Declension

Declension of vaz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vaz	vazy
genitive	vazu	vazů
dative	vazu	vazům
accusative	vaz	vazy
vocative	vaze	vazy
locative	vazu	vazech
instrumental	vazem	vazy

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęzъ.

Noun

vaz m inan (diminutive vázek)

1. European white elm (Ulmus laevis)

   Synonym: jilm vaz

Declension

Declension of vaz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vaz	vazy
genitive	vazu	vazů
dative	vazu	vazům
accusative	vaz	vazy
vocative	vaze	vazy
locative	vazu	vazech
instrumental	vazem	vazy

Further reading

• “vaz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vaz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vaz”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fatą, whence also Old English fæt, Old Norse fat.

Noun

vaz n

1. vessel

Descendants

• German: Fass

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• vatns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑt͡s/

Noun

vaz n (definite vazins)

1. genitive singular indefinite of vatn

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: vass-
• Norwegian Bokmål: vass-