без

See also: беҙ and без-

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-

Preposition

без (bez)

  1. without (not having)

Karachay-Balkar

Noun

без (bez)

  1. gland

Kazakh

Cyrillic без (bez)
Arabic بەز

Noun

без (bez)

  1. gland
    ұйқы безі
    uyqı bezi
    pancreas

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez.

Preposition

без (bez)

  1. without

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez.

Preposition

без (bez)

  1. without

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez (without), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-

Cognate with Lithuanian (without; besides), Latvian bez (without), Old Prussian bhe (without), Sanskrit बहिस् (bahís, outside), Persian بی (bi, without)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪs]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: бес (bes)
  • Rhymes: -es

Preposition

без (bez) (+ genitive case)

  1. without
    без воды́bez vodýwithout water
    бе́зо всего́bézo vsevówithout anything
    не без интере́саne bez interésanot without interest
    без сомне́нияbez somnénijawithout doubt
    Не могу́ жить без тебя́
    Ne mogú žitʹ bez tebjá
    I can't live without you.
  2. minus
    без че́тверти часbez čétverti časa quarter to one (literally, “less a quarter one o’clock”)

Usage notes

бе́зо (bézo) is used before some awkward consonant clusters.

References


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bez. Compare без- and бес-.

Alternative forms

Preposition

бѐз (Latin spelling bèz) (+ genitive case)

  1. without, excluding, not counting
    без сумњеwithout a doubt
    остати без нечегаto lose something, to run out of something, (literally: to stay without something)
    без обзира на..regardless of.., no matter what..is
    без краја и концаendlessly, without end
    не без разлогаnot without a reason
    без срцаheartlessly, without a heart
    без р(иј)ечиwithout a word, speechless
    бити без нечегаto be lacking in, to be deficient in, to lack (literally: to be without something)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بز (bez), from Arabic بَزّ (bazz). Akin to безистан, безли, бесофра and беспара.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bêz/

Noun

бе̏з m (Latin spelling bȅz)

  1. linen, canvas
  2. (specifically) a type of cotton-made linen or canvas used in Oriental costumes, of several possible forms: ћереће, седелук, kafez or кафез-без, мелез, харир, шејтанбез and харирбез.
Declension

References

  • без” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • без” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 140

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Preposition

без (bez)

  1. without (not having)
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