בלעדי
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From בַּל (bál, “without”) + עֲדֵי (adéi, “until”).
Preposition[edit]
בִּלְעֲדֵי • (bil'adéi)
- without, in the absence of
Usage notes[edit]
- The preposition בִּלְעֲדֵי is typically only used in its inflected forms, that is, when its object is a personal pronoun. In other cases, the preposition בְּלִי (b'lí) is usually used instead. (For example, “without Ruth” is בְּלִי רוּת (b'lí rút), while “without her” is בִּלְעָדֵיהָ (bil'adéiha).) In a sense, therefore, בִּלְעֲדֵי can be said to provide the inflected forms of בְּלִי.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection table
| Non-personal-pronoun-including form | בִּלְעֲדֵי (bil'adéi) or בְּלָעֲדֵי (b'la'adéi) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | בִּלְעָדַי (bil'adái) or בִּלְעָדָי (bil'adái) |
בִּלְעָדֵינוּ (bil'adéinu) | ||
| Second person | בִּלְעָדֵיךָ (bil'adéikha) | בִּלְעָדַיִךְ (bil'adáyikh) | בִּלְעֲדֵיכֶם (bil'adeikhém) | בִּלְעֲדֵיכֶן (bil'adeikhén) |
| Third person | בִּלְעָדַיָו (bil'adáv) | בִּלְעָדֵיהָ (bil'adéiha) | בִּלְעֲדֵיהֶם (bil'adeihém) | בִּלְעֲדֵיהֶן (bil'adeihén) |
Etymology 2[edit]
A Modern coinage from the above preposition, with the adjective suffix ־י (-í).
Adjective[edit]
בִּלְעָדִי • (bil'adí) (feminine בִּלְעָדִית, masculine plural בִּלְעָדִים, feminine plural בִּלְעָדִיּוֹת)
- Exclusive: available to only a few.
- גישה בלעדית ― gishá bil'adít ― exclusive access