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BEZ,

2-letter words (2 found)

BE,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of bez

bez

Etymology 1

See bezantler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛz/

Noun

bez (plural bezes)

  1. The second tine of an antler's beam, the bezantler.
Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bez

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) first-person plural simple present of be
    Synonym: (standard) are
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) third-person plural simple present of be
    Synonym: (standard) are

See also

  • wuz

Anagrams

  • Zeb

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin vicis. Compare Aragonese vez.

Noun

bez f (plural bezes)

  1. a time
  2. occasion

References

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

Basque

Noun

bez

  1. instrumental indefinite of be

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛs]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech bez, from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Noun

bez m inan

  1. elder (bush of genus Sambucus)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

bez [+genitive]

  1. without
    Antonym: s

Further reading

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

Kashubian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛs/
  • Syllabification: bez
  • Homophone: bes

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez.

Preposition

bez [+genitive]

  1. without
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Polish bez and Silesian bez.

Preposition

bez [+accusative]

  1. through, across

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bez”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎[5] (in Kashubian), page 6
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bez”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[6], volume 1, page 73
  • “bez”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latgalian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲɛs]
  • Hyphenation: bez

Preposition

bez (+ genitive)

  1. without
  2. (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)

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

Derived terms

  • bez-

Masurian

Alternative forms

  • beze

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛs]
  • Syllabification: bez

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Preposition

bez [+genitive]

  1. without, lacking

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Preposition

bez [+accusative]

  1. Synonym: prżez

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “II. bez”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎[7], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 165-167

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbɛz/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbɛs/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ.

Noun

bez m inan

  1. elder (bush of genus Sambucus)
Declension
Descendants
  • Czech: bez

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez.

Preposition

bez [+genitive]

  1. Denotes lack; without
    bez diva ― normally
    bez čísla ― countless
    Umřěl bez časa. ― He died prematurely.
    V ten čas bez města budieše ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Jest juž bez ňeho. ― He's already dead.
  2. Denotes action carried out against someone's wishes.
  3. Denotes interrupted action.
  4. Determines proximity in amount; nearly
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Czech: bez

References

  • Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bez”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɛs/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɛs/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ. First attested in the 15th century.

Noun

bez m animacy unattested

  1. elder (bush of genus Sambucus)
Descendants
  • Masurian: best
  • Polish: bez
  • Silesian: bes

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez. First attested in 1418.

Preposition

bez

  1. without [+genitive]
  2. contra, against [+genitive]
  3. besides, except [+genitive]
  4. before [+genitive]
Alternative forms
  • beze
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Masurian: bez
  • Polish: bez
  • Silesian: bez

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. First attested in c. 1512.

Preposition

bez

  1. through, by [+accusative]
Descendants
  • Masurian: bez
  • Polish: bez
  • Silesian: bez

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “2. bez, beze”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “1. bez”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (isolated) /bɛs/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈbɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Syllabification: bez
  • Homophones: Bes, bez-

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Noun

bez m inan

  1. elder (bush of genus Sambucus)
  2. lilac (bush of genus Syringa)
    Synonym: lilak
    pachnieć bzem ― to smell of lilac
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Preposition

bez [+genitive]

  1. without, lacking
    Antonym: z
    Proszę o kawę bez mleka. ― A coffee with no milk, please.
  2. (Middle Polish) minus, less
  3. (Middle Polish) contra, against
  4. (Middle Polish) besides, except
  5. (Middle Polish) without; Further details are uncertain.
Alternative forms
  • biez (Middle Polish)
  • beze
Derived terms

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), bez is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 70 times in scientific texts, 52 times in news, 89 times in essays, 129 times in fiction, and 119 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 459 times, making it the 99th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Preposition

bez [+accusative]

  1. (Poznań) because of
    Synonym: z powodu
  2. (dialectal) across, through
    Synonym: przez

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bez f

  1. genitive plural of beza

References

Further reading

  • bez in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bez in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bez”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bez, beze, biez”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “BEZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2016 November 9
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bez”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[12]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bez”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[13]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bez”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[14] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 119

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adverb

bez

  1. (dated) without

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez. Compare bez- and bes-.

Alternative forms

  • brez, prȅz, preza (regional)

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)
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)

  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
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 140

Silesian

Alternative forms

  • bezy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Syllabification: bez
  • Homophone: bes

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Preposition

bez [+genitive]

  1. without
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish bez.

Preposition

bez [+accusative]

  1. Alternative form of przez

Further reading

  • bez in dykcjonorz.eu
  • bez in silling.org

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • bezo (only in connection with mňa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bez.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛs/

Preposition

bez (+ genitive)

  1. without
    Antonyms: s, so

Further reading

  • “bez”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tatar

Noun

bez

  1. 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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bez (definite accusative bezi, plural bezler)

  1. cloth
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Cognate with Kazakh 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 (biź, “gland”), Tuvan бес (bes, “gland”), Chuvash пар (par, “gland”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bez (definite accusative bezi, plural bezler)

  1. (anatomy) gland
Declension

References


Source: wiktionary.org