без
Bulgarian
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic безъ (bezŭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [bɛs]
References
    
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “без”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 39
Karachay-Balkar
    
    
Kazakh
    
| Cyrillic | без (bez) | 
|---|---|
| Arabic | بەز | 
| Latin | 
Etymology
    
From Proto-Turkic.
Declension
    
| singular (жекеше) | plural (көпше) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (атау септік) | без (bez) | бездер (bezder) | 
| genitive (ілік септік) | бездің (bezdıñ) | бездердің (bezderdıñ) | 
| dative (барыс септік) | безге (bezge) | бездерге (bezderge) | 
| accusative (табыс септік) | безді (bezdı) | бездерді (bezderdı) | 
| locative (жатыс септік) | безде (bezde) | бездерде (bezderde) | 
| ablative (шығыс септік) | безден (bezden) | бездерден (bezderden) | 
| instrumental (көмектес септік) | безбен (bezben) | бездермен (bezdermen) | 
Macedonian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Slavic *bez.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [bɛs]
- Audio - (file) 
- Homophone: бес (bes)
Old Church Slavonic
    
    Alternative forms
    
- бес (bes)
- беꙁ (bez)
- беꙁь (bezĭ)
Etymology
    
From Proto-Slavic *bez.
Preposition
    
без • (bez)
- 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 quote)
 
 
 
- from СЛОВО НѢКОЕГО КАЛОУГЕРА О ЧЬТЕНИИ КЪНИГЪ:
Russian
    
    Alternative forms
    
- безъ (bez) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
    
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”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [bʲɪs]
- IPA(key): [ˈbʲes] (when stressed)
- Audio - (file) 
- Homophone: бес (bes)
- Rhymes: -es
Usage notes
    
безо (bezo) is used before some awkward consonant clusters.
Related terms
    
- без- (bez-)
References
    
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “без”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bez(ъ)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
Serbo-Croatian
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Proto-Slavic *bez. Compare без- and бес-.
Preposition
    
бѐз (Latin spelling bèz) (+ genitive case)
- 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)
 
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)
Declension
    
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | без | 
| genitive | беза | 
| dative | безу | 
| accusative | без | 
| vocative | безу | 
| locative | безу | 
| instrumental | безом | 
Udi
    
    
Further reading
    
- Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “без”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Academy Press, page 77
Ukrainian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰs.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [bɛz]
- Audio - (file) 
Further reading
    
- 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