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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -бѣ́сїе (-bě́sie), calque of Ancient Greek -μανία (-manía) and -μάργος (márgos). Cognate with беси́ться (besítʹsja, “to rage”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-бе́сие • (-bésije) n inan
- (dated) -mania
- Synonym: -ма́ния (-mánija)
- и́дол (ídol, “idol”) + -о- (-o-) + -бе́сие (-bésije) → идолобе́сие (idolobésije, “idolomania”)
- мрак (mrak, “darkness”) + -о- (-o-) + -бе́сие (-bésije) → мракобе́сие (mrakobésije, “obscurantism”, literally “obscuromania”)
- чре́во (črévo, “belly”) + -бе́сие (-bésije) → чревобе́сие (črevobésije, “gluttony”, literally “gastromania”)
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