Bezruk

Bezruk is a transliterated form that is sometimes encountered in discussions of Slavic language vocabulary, but it is not a standard standalone word in Russian. It is often used to represent the phrase без рук (without arms) in Latin script. The underlying root ruk- comes from рука, meaning hand or arm, and the prefix bez- means without.

In Russian, the normally used adjective forms to describe someone or something lacking arms are bezrukiy (безрукий) for masculine, bezrukaya (безрукая) for feminine, and bezrukoye (безрукое) for neuter. The form bezruk without a suffix is uncommon and would be considered nonstandard; when native speakers intend the descriptive sense, they typically use bezrukiy or a full phrase such as bez ruk.

Usage of bezruk is therefore limited and largely confined to linguistic discussion, transliteration, or as a coined name or nickname in fiction or media. In everyday Russian and in medical or descriptive contexts, more precise terms are preferred: bez ruk (without arms) as a two-word expression, or bezrukiy and related forms as adjectives.

Related concepts include limb loss and amputation, disability terminology in Slavic languages, and the broader ways languages encode absence of limbs. Since bezruk is not a widely established lexical item, readers are more likely to encounter the standard forms bezrukiy/bezrukaya/bezrukoye or the phrase без рук in Russian.