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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -бѣ́съ (-bě́sŭ), calque of Ancient Greek -μανής (-manḗs) and -μαργος (-margos). Cognate with беси́ться (besítʹsja, “to rage”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-бе́с • (-bés) m anim
- (dated) -maniac, -mane
- Synonym: -ма́н (-mán)
- и́дол (ídol, “idol”) + -о- (-o-) + -бе́с (-bés) → идолобе́с (idolobés, “idol worshipper”, literally “idolomaniac”)
- мрак (mrak, “darkness”) + -о- (-o-) + -бе́с (-bés) → мракобе́с (mrakobés, “obscurant”, literally “obscuromaniac”)
- чре́во (črévo, “belly”) + -бе́с (-bés) → чревобе́с (črevobés, “glutton”, literally “gastromaniac”)
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