Bes

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bes"

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Bes

  1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, the protector of households and mothers, children and childbirth.
    • 2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE, →ISBN, page 121:
      The god Bes occurred so early in the human imagination that it reaches back to the earliest of human settlements along the Nile.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bes m anim

  1. Bes

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bes m

  1. Bes

Etymology 2

B (“B flat”) +‎ -es (“flat”)

Noun

Bes n (strong, genitive Bes, plural Bes)

  1. B double flat
Declension
Declension of Bes
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Bes die Bes
genitive eines des Bes der Bes
dative einem dem Bes den Bes
accusative ein das Bes die Bes
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