союз

• сою́зъ (sojúz) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Old Pskovian съ+юза (juza),[1] from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъ (“bond, tie”). Compare у́зы (úzy). Previously, it was traditionally explained by hypercorrection due to the influence of the Old Church Slavonic language.

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈjus]

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сою́з • (sojúz) m inan (genitive сою́за, nominative plural сою́зы, genitive plural сою́зов, relational adjective сою́зный, diminutive сою́зик)

1. union
   1. (Soviet) Union
2. alliance
3. confederation, confederacy
4. league
5. (grammar) conjunction

• → English: Soyuz
• → Ingrian: sojuza
• → Spanish: Soyuz
• → Polish: sojusz
• → Uzbek: soyuz
• → Yakut: сойуус (soyuus)

Borrowed from Russian сою́з (sojúz).

• IPA^(key): [sɔˈjuz]

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сою́з • (sojúz) m inan (genitive сою́зу, nominative plural сою́зи, genitive plural сою́зів)

1. union
2. alliance
   • 1973, Ленін, 32, 329:

     В союзі з революціонерами передових країн і з усіма пригнобленими народами проти всяких і всіх імперіалістів — така зовнішня політика пролетаріату.

     V sojuzi z revoljucioneramy peredovyx krajin i z usima pryhnoblenymy narodamy proty vsjakyx i vsix imperialistiv — taka zovnišnja polityka proletariatu.

     In alliance with the revolutionaries of the advanced countries and with all the oppressed peoples against imperialism of all sorts - this is the foreign policy of the proletariat.

3. confederation, confederacy
4. league

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “союз”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka