бешенство
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Russian
Alternative forms
- бѣ́шенство (bě́šenstvo) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
бе́шеный (béšenyj, “rabid, mad; furious, frantic, wild”) + -ство (-stvo)
Pronunciation
Noun
бе́шенство • (béšenstvo) n inan (genitive бе́шенства, nominative plural бе́шенства, genitive plural бе́шенств)
- (pathology) hydrophobia, rabies
- Synonym: рабиес (rabijes)
- madness, fury, rage
- 1847, Фёдор Достоевский , “Часть первая. II”, in Хозяйка; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Landlady, 1914:
- Он ви́дел, как стари́к, не спуска́я с него́ свои́х глаз, блужда́ющей руко́й на́скоро и́щет ружьё, висе́вшее на стене́; ви́дел пото́м, как сверкну́ло ду́ло ружья́, напра́вленное неве́рной, дрожа́щей от бе́шенства руко́й пря́мо в грудь его́…
- On vídel, kak starík, ne spuskája s nevó svoíx glaz, bluždájuščej rukój náskoro íščet ružʹjó, visévšeje na stené; vídel potóm, kak sverknúlo dúlo ružʹjá, naprávlennoje nevérnoj, drožáščej ot béšenstva rukój prjámo v grudʹ jevó…
- He saw the old man, still keeping close watch upon him, feel hurriedly with fumbling hand for a gun that hung upon the wall; then he saw the barrel of the gun flash, aimed straight at his breast with an uncertain hand that trembled with fury.
Declension
Declension of бе́шенство (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бе́шенство béšenstvo |
бе́шенства béšenstva |
| genitive | бе́шенства béšenstva |
бе́шенств béšenstv |
| dative | бе́шенству béšenstvu |
бе́шенствам béšenstvam |
| accusative | бе́шенство béšenstvo |
бе́шенства béšenstva |
| instrumental | бе́шенством béšenstvom |
бе́шенствами béšenstvami |
| prepositional | бе́шенстве béšenstve |
бе́шенствах béšenstvax |
Related terms
- бес (bes), бе́шеный (béšenyj), беснова́ться (besnovátʹsja)