bez

See also: Bez, beż, běž, bež, bez-, and bez.

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

bez (plural bezes)

The second tine of an antler's beam.

Translations

second tine of an antler's beam

French: andouiller de fer m, sur-andouiller (fr) m, andouiller médian m

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biːz/
Rhymes: -iːz
Homophone: bees

Verb

bez

(nonstandard, dialectal) first-person plural simple present of be
Synonym: (standard) are
- 2007 October 20, NiggydaHoe, “Re: 79yr old Nigger Idiot was suspended for racist bullshit”, in alt.music.white-power, Usenet‎:
  We bez run to 'da good bad white man. He gonna fire 'da ova bad white man.
  If 'da bad white man cain't sayz be^[sic] niggas bez stupid in 'da heaad, wif' low
  iq an' shit, 'dat mus' mean we bez humans.
(nonstandard, dialectal) third-person plural simple present of be
Synonym: (standard) are
- 1860, The Knickerbacker‎, volume 56, Peabody, LCCN sf84001063, OCLC 9985232, page 434:
  'They bez goin' like der Tyfel,'
- 2007 June 13, Mustapha Mond, “Re: Nigger Apologists: Slaves Who Died at Sea Being Honored”, in comp.sys.mac.apps, Usenet‎:
  >>>>>>> " […] They are not rotting someplace in hell, they bez right
  >>>>>>> here
  >>>>>>> whining wif us."

Anagrams

Zeb

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

bez f (plural bezes)

a time
occasion

References

Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “bez”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Basque

Noun

bez

instrumental indefinite of be

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɛs]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

From Old Czech bez, from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ, *bъza, *bъzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun

bez m inan

elderberry (shrub or tree)

Declension

Declension of bez

	singular	plural
nominative	bez	bezy
genitive	bezu	bezů
dative	bezu	bezům
accusative	bez	bezy
vocative	beze	bezy
locative	bezu	bezech
instrumental	bezem	bezy

Derived terms

bezinka
bezový

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

bez (+ genitive case)

without

Antonyms

s

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bez. Cognates include Latvian bez and Lithuanian be.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbʲɛs]
Hyphenation: bez

Preposition

bez (+ genitive)

without
(when telling time) to
Bez desmit deveni. ― Ten to nine (8:50).

References

Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 71

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź. Cognates include Latgalian bez and Lithuanian be.

Preposition

bez (with genitive)

without
in addition to
apart from

Derived terms

bez-

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (isolated) /bɛs/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛs
Syllabification: bez

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bez, from Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-.

Preposition

bez

without, lacking [+genitive]
Antonym: z
Proszę o kawę bez mleka. ― A coffee with no milk, please.

Alternative forms

beze

Derived terms

prefix

bez-

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish bez, from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ, *bъza, *bъzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun

bez m inan

elder (bush of genus Sambucus)
lilac (bush of genus Syringa)
Synonym: lilak
pachnieć bzem ― to smell of lilac

Declension

Declension of bez

	singular	plural
nominative	bez	bzy
genitive	bzu	bzów
dative	bzowi	bzom
accusative	bez	bzy
instrumental	bzem	bzami
locative	bzie	bzach
vocative	bzie	bzy

Derived terms

nouns

bez czarny
bez koralowy

Etymology 3

From bez, due to confusion with the rhyming preposition przez. The two words were and are used interchangeably in various dialects, and in Old Polish przez was about to replace bez around the 14th-15th century. In the written language the earlier distinction ultimately prevailed, however.[1]

Preposition

bez

(Poznań, Upper Silesia) because of [+accusative]
Synonym: z powodu
(dialectal) across, through [+accusative]
Synonym: przez
- 2000, Aneta Majkowska, Polszczyzna mówiona mieszkańców Częstochowy, page 185:
  Nie tu szosą tylko drogą polną bez pola my jechali z chłopem sąsiadki.
  We drove through the fields with the neighbor's man, not on the paved road, but on a dirt road.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bez

genitive plural of beza

References

Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bez”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 21

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic без (bez), from Proto-Slavic *bez.

Adverb

bez

(dated) without

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bez. Compare bez- and bes-.

Alternative forms

(regional): brez, prȅz, preza

Preposition

bèz (Cyrillic spelling бѐз) (+ genitive case)

without, excluding, not counting
bez sumnje ― without a doubt
ostati bez nečega ― to lose something, to run out of something, (literally: to stay without something)
bez obzira na.. ― regardless of.., no matter what..is
bez kraja i konca ― endlessly, without end
ne bez razloga ― not without a reason
bez srca ― heartlessly, without a heart
bez r(ij)eči ― without a word, speechless
biti bez nečega ― to be lacking in, to be deficient in, to lack (literally: to be without something)

Related terms

bez-, bes-

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بز‎ (bez), from Arabic بَزّ‎ (bazz). Akin to bezistan, bezli, besofra and bespara.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bêz/

Noun

bȅz m (Cyrillic spelling бе̏з)

linen, canvas
(specifically) a type of cotton-made linen or canvas used in Oriental costumes, of several possible forms: ćereće, sedeluk, kafez or kafez-bez, melez, harir, šejtanbez and harirbez.

Declension

Declension of bez

	singular
nominative	bez
genitive	beza
dative	bezu
accusative	bez
vocative	bezu
locative	bezu
instrumental	bezom

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛs/

Preposition

bez (+ genitive)

without

Synonyms

bezo

Antonyms

s, so

Tatar

Noun

bez

awl

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بز‎ (bez); see there for more. The ultimate origin is Arabic بَزّ‎ (bazz), however, an influence from Byzantine Greek βύσσος (bússos) has been postulated in order to explain the mismatch in the vowels.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbez/
Hyphenation: bez

Noun

bez (definite accusative bezi, plural bezler)

cloth

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bez
Definite accusative	bezi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bez	bezler
Definite accusative	bezi	bezleri
Dative	beze	bezlere
Locative	bezde	bezlerde
Ablative	bezden	bezlerden
Genitive	bezin	bezlerin

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بز‎ (bez), from Proto-Turkic *beŕ.

Cognate withKazakh без (bez, “gland”),Karachay-Balkar без (bez, “gland”),Southern Altai бес (bes, “gland”),Uzbek bez (“gland”),Uyghur بەز‎ (bez, “gland”),Turkmen mäz (“gland”),Bashkir биҙ (bið, “gland”),Tuvan бес (bes, “gland”),Chuvash пар (par, “gland”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbez/
Hyphenation: bez

Noun

bez (definite accusative bezi, plural bezler)

(anatomy) gland

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bez
Definite accusative	bezi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bez	bezler
Definite accusative	bezi	bezleri
Dative	beze	bezlere
Locative	bezde	bezlerde
Ablative	bezden	bezlerden
Genitive	bezin	bezlerin

References

Vovin, Alexander (2018), “Fabrication of Turkic böz 'fabric' in Japan and Korea”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 71, issue 3, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, pages 263–284.

[brue-1] Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bez”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 21

[2] Vovin, Alexander (2018), “Fabrication of Turkic böz 'fabric' in Japan and Korea”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 71, issue 3, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, pages 263–284.

bez

English

Etymology 1

Noun

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Verb

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Aragonese

Etymology

Noun

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Basque

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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Further reading

Latgalian

Etymology

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Preposition

References

Latvian

Etymology

Preposition

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Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Preposition

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Preposition

Etymology 4

Noun

References

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Adverb

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Preposition

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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References

Slovak

Etymology

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Preposition

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Further reading

Tatar

Noun

Turkish

Etymology 1

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Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

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