без

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez.

• IPA^(key): [bʲes]
• Rhymes: -es

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без • (bjez)

1. without

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic безъ (bezŭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

• IPA^(key): [bɛs]

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без • (bez)

1. without (not having)

• без- (bez-)

без • (bez)

1. gland

From Proto-Turkic.

без • (bez)

1. gland

   ұйқы безі

   ūiqy bezı

   pancreas

From Proto-Turkic *beŕ.

без • (bez) (Arabic spelling بەز)

1. gland

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez.

• IPA^(key): [bɛs]

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• Homophone: бес (bes)

без • (bez)

1. without

• бес (bes)
• беꙁ (bez)
• беꙁь (bezĭ)

From Proto-Slavic *bez.

без • (bez)

1. without
   • from СЛОВО НѢКОЕГО КАЛОУГЕРА О ЧЬТЕНИИ КЪНИГЪ:

     Не съставитъ бо сѧ корабль без гвоздии ни правьдьникъ бес почитаниꙗ кънижьнааго.

     Ne sŭstavitŭ bo sę korablĭ bez gvozdii ni pravĭdĭnikŭ bes počitanija kŭnižĭnaago.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

• безъ (bez) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

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

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪs] (before voiceless consonants)
• IPA^(key): [bʲɪz] (before voiced consonants and vowels)
• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲes] (when stressed before voiceless consonants)
• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲez] (when stressed before voiced consonants and vowels)

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• Homophone: бес (bes) (only when stressed)
• Note: без is stressed only in rare cases, e.g., бéз вести, бéз году неделя, бéз толку.

без • (bez) [+ genitive／partitive (object)]

1. without, aside from, except, minus, free of/from (signifying absence)

   без воды́ ― bez vodý ― without water

   бе́зо всего́ ― bézo vsevó ― without anything

   не без интере́са ― ne bez interésa ― not without interest

   без сомне́ния ― bez somnénija ― without doubt

   Не могу́ жить без тебя́ ― Ne mogú žitʹ bez tebjá ― I can't live without you.

2. minus, less

   без че́тверти час ― bez čétverti čas ― a quarter to one (literally, “one hour less one quarter”)

безо (bezo) is used before consonant clusters caused by fleeting vowels (лёд ― ljod ― ice, бе́зо льда ― bézo lʹda ― without ice).

• без- (bez-)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “без”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bez(ъ)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 7

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez. Compare без- and бес-.

• брез, пре̏з, preza (regional)

бѐз (Latin spelling bèz) (+ genitive case)

1. without, excluding, not counting

   без сумње ― without a doubt

   остати без нечега ― to lose something, to run out of something, (literally: to stay without something)

   без обзира на.. ― regardless of.., no matter what..is

   без краја и конца ― endlessly, without end

   не без разлога ― not without a reason

   без срца ― heartlessly, without a heart

   без р(иј)ечи ― without a word, speechless

   бити без нечега ― to be lacking in, to be deficient in, to lack (literally: to be without something)

• без-, бес-

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

• IPA^(key): /bêz/

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.

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

без • (bez)

1. Alternative form of бези (bezi)

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “без”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎, Baku: Academy Press, page 77

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.

• IPA^(key): [bɛz]

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без • (bez) (+ genitive case)

1. without (not having)

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