bez

See also: bez-, bež, and без

English

Noun

bez (plural bezes)

  1. The second tine of an antler's beam.

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bъzъ, *bъza, *bъzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰAuǵ-

Noun

bez m

  1. elderberry (shrub or tree)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

bez

  1. without
Usage notes

Followed by genitive case.

Antonyms

Further reading

  • bez in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bez in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Latvian

Preposition

bez

  1. without
  2. in addition to
  3. apart from

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (isolated) /bɛs/
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

bez (+ genitive)

  1. without, lacking

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *bъzъ, *bъza, *bъzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰAuǵ-.

Noun

bez m inan

  1. elder (bush of genus Sambucus)
  2. lilac (bush of genus Syringa)
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bez

  1. genitive plural of beza

Further reading

  • bez in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Preposition

bèz (Cyrillic spelling бѐз) (+ genitive case)

  1. 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)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (bez), from Arabic بَزّ‎ (bazz). Akin to bezistan, bezli, besofra and bespara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bêz/

Noun

bȅz m (Cyrillic spelling бе̏з)

  1. linen, canvas
  2. (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

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛs/

Preposition

bez (+ genitive)

  1. without

Synonyms

Antonyms

Further reading

  • bez in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic بَزّ‎ (bazz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbez/
  • Hyphenation: bez

Noun

bez (definite accusative bezi, plural bezler)

  1. cloth
  2. (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
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