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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bez(ъ)

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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    Continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰe (instrumental particle) + Proto-Indo-European *-ǵʰs (out). Cognate with Lithuanian , Latvian bez, Old Prussian bhe,[1] and likely Sanskrit बहिस् (bahís, outside). The first element is probably the same as that in Proto-Slavic *bo (for), Lithuanian (really), Ancient Greek φή (phḗ, like, as),[2] Avestan 𐬠𐬁 (, indeed).

    Preposition

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    *bez(ъ)[1]

    1. (with genitive) without
      Antonyms: *sъ(n), *ba

    Descendants

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    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: безъ (bezŭ)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: bez
        • Czech: bez
          • Bohemian (Chod dialect): bez
      • Old Polish: bez, beze
      • Pomeranian:
      • Old Slovak: bez
      • Sorbian:

    Further reading

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    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bez”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “без”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bez(ъ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38:prep. ‘without’
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1565