бес

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See also: бэс, бес-, and Appendix:Variations of "bes"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běsъ (“evil spirit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

бес • (bjes) m pers (genitive бе́са, nominative plural бе́сы, genitive plural бе́саў)

  1. demon, devil

Inflection

Declension of бес (pr hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative бес
bjes 		бе́сы
bjésy
genitive бе́са
bjésa 		бе́саў
bjésaŭ
dative бе́су
bjésu 		бе́сам
bjésam
accusative бе́са
bjésa 		бе́саў
bjésaŭ
instrumental бе́сам
bjésam 		бе́самі
bjésami
locative бе́се
bjésje 		бе́сах
bjésax
count form — бе́сы1
bjésy1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

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

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بەس
Cyrillic бес
Latin bes
Yañalif ʙes
Kazakh cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : бес (bes)
    Ordinal : бесінші (besınşı)
    Collective : бесеу (beseu)

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰋𐱁 (béş), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ (“five”). Cognate with Turkish beş, etc.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

бес • (bes)

  1. five
    бес адам ― bes adam ― five people

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

бес • (bes) m (relational adjective бесен)

  1. rage, fury

Declension

Declension of бес
singular plural
indefinite бес (bes) бесови (besovi)
definite unspecified бесот (besot) бесовите (besovite)
definite proximal бесов (besov) бесовиве (besovive)
definite distal бесон (beson) бесовине (besovine)
vocative бесу (besu) бесови (besovi)
count form — беса (besa)

Nogai

Nogai cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : бес (bes)
    Ordinal : бесинши (besinşi)

Numeral

бес • (bes)

  1. five

Old East Slavic

Preposition

бес (bes)

  1. Alternative spelling of безъ (bezŭ)
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 3:
      ни правьдникъ [съставить сѧ] бес почитаниꙗ книжьнааго
      ni pravĭdnikŭ [sŭstavitĭ sę] bes počitanija knižĭnaago
      nor a righteous person without a reading of the books

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “безъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 64

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běsъ (“evil spirit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

бес • (bes) m anim (genitive бе́са, nominative plural бе́сы, genitive plural бе́сов, relational adjective бесо́вский, diminutive бесёнок)

  1. demon, devil
    Synonyms: чёрт (čort), шиш (šiš)

Declension

Declension of бес (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative бе́с
bés 		бе́сы
bésy
genitive бе́са
bésa 		бе́сов
bésov
dative бе́су
bésu 		бе́сам
bésam
accusative бе́са
bésa 		бе́сов
bésov
instrumental бе́сом
bésom 		бе́сами
bésami
prepositional бе́се
bése 		бе́сах
bésax

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běsъ (“evil spirit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

бе̑с m (Latin spelling bȇs)

  1. rage
  2. fury
  3. madness
  4. mania
  5. tantrum
  6. wildness
  7. ferocity
  8. rampage

Declension

Declension of бес
singular plural
nominative бе̑с бе̏сови
genitive беса бесова
dative бесу бесовима
accusative бес бесове
vocative бесе бесови
locative бесу бесовима
instrumental бесом бесовима

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic. Cognate with Kazakh без (bez, “gland”), Karachay-Balkar без (bez, “gland”), Kumyk без (bez, “gland”), Uzbek bez (“gland”), Uyghur بەز (bez, “gland”), Turkmen mäz (“gland”), Bashkir биҙ (biź, “gland”), Tuvan бес (bes, “gland”), Chuvash пар (par, “gland”).

Noun

бес • (bes)

  1. gland

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бес”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

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