бязь

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲasʲ]
• Rhymes: -asʲ
• Hyphenation: бязь

Noun

бязь • (bjazʹ) f inan (genitive бя́зі, uncountable)

1. coarse calico

Declension

Declension of бязь (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	бязь bjazʹ
genitive	бя́зі bjázi
dative	бя́зі bjázi
accusative	бязь bjazʹ
instrumental	бя́ззю bjázzju
locative	бя́зі bjázi

Preposition

бязь • (bjazʹ)

1. (Taraškievica orthography) Alternative form of без (bjez): without
   • 2010, Піліп Ліпень, Рабаваньне па-беларуску‎^[1]:

     Ён міну́ў сельсаве́т з пані́клым бязь ве́тру сьця́гам, мале́нькую аднапавярховую школку, зачы́неную за́раз на вака́цыі.

     Jon minúŭ sjelʹsavjét z paníklym bjazʹ vjétru sʹcjáham, maljénʹkuju adnapavjarxóvuju škólku, začýnjenuju záraz na vakácyi.

     He passed by a village council building, with its flag hanging limp without wind, and a small one-storey school building, currently closed due to vacations.

Usage notes

The Taraškievica spelling is faithful to phonetics and the original word без may transform accordingly to reflect this:

1. The letter "е" changes to "я" if the adjacent next word starts from a stressed syllable.
2. The soft sign "ь" may be appended to indicate the assimilating palatalization if the adjacent next word starts from a 'soft' (palatalized) consonant or a palatalizing vowel ("і", "е", "я", "ю" or "ё").

Further reading

• “бязь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Etymology

From Turkish bäzz or Azerbaijani bäzz, from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲæsʲ]
• Rhymes: -æsʲ
• Hyphenation: бязь

Noun

бязь • (bjazʹ) f inan (genitive бя́зи, uncountable, relational adjective бя́зевый)

1. coarse calico

Declension

Declension of бязь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	бя́зь bjázʹ
genitive	бя́зи bjázi
dative	бя́зи bjázi
accusative	бя́зь bjázʹ
instrumental	бя́зью bjázʹju
prepositional	бя́зи bjázi

Further reading

• бязь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Anagrams

• зябь (zjabʹ)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• б'язь (bʺjazʹ) — 1928-1933 spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲazʲ]
• Rhymes: -azʲ
• Hyphenation: бязь

Noun

бязь • (bjazʹ) f inan (genitive бя́зі, uncountable, relational adjective бя́зевий)

1. coarse calico

Declension

Declension of бязь (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	бязь bjazʹ
genitive	бя́зі bjázi
dative	бя́зі bjázi
accusative	бязь bjazʹ
instrumental	бя́ззю bjázzju
locative	бя́зі bjázi
vocative	бя́зе bjáze

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бязь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “бязь”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “бязь”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “бязь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)