Bulgarian

Preposition

без • ‎(bez)

1. without (not having)

Karachay-Balkar

Noun

без • ‎(bez)

1. gland

Macedonian

Preposition

без • ‎(bez)

1. without

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez.

Preposition

без • ‎(bez)

1. without

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪs]
• Homophone: бес ‎(bes)

Preposition

без • ‎(bez) (+ genitive case)

1. without

   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

   без че́тверти час‎ ― bez čétverti čas ― a quarter to one (lit., less a quarter one o’clock)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• без- ‎(bez-)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-. Compare без- and бес-.

Alternative forms

• (regional): брез, пре̏з, preza

Preposition

бѐз ‎(Latin spelling bèz)

1. (with genitive) 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)

Related terms

• без-, бес-

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] ‎(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
• Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 140

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Preposition

без • ‎(bez)

1. without (not having)