бес

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

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• bies — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲes]

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

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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

• IPA^(key): [bʲes]

• Audio:

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Numeral

бес • (bes)

1. five

   бес адам ― bes adam ― five people

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛs]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: без (bez)

Noun

бес • (bes) m (relational adjective бесен)

1. rage, fury

Declension

Declension of бес

	singular	plural
indefinite	бес	бесови
definite unspecified	бесот	бесовите
definite proximal	бесов	бесовиве
definite distal	бесон	бесовине
vocative	бесу	бесови
count form	—	беса

Nogai

Nogai cardinal numbers

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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^[1], page 3:

     ни правьдникъ [съставить сѧ] бес почитаниꙗ книжьнааго

     ni pravĭdnikŭ [sŭstavitĭ sę] bes počitanija knižĭnaago

     nor [can] a righteous person [be built] 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]‎^[2] (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

• бѣсъ (běs) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲes]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: без (bez) (only in rare cases when the stress falls on без)
• Rhymes: -es

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

Related terms

• -бе́с (-bés)
• бесёнок (besjónok)
• беси́ть (besítʹ)
• беси́ться (besítʹsja)
• беснова́тый (besnovátyj)
• беснова́ться (besnovátʹsja)
• бесовка (besovka)
• бесо́вский (besóvskij)
• бесовщина (besovščina)
• бешенный (bešennyj)
• бе́шенство (béšenstvo)
• бе́шеный (béšenyj)

 

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• бије̑с (Ijekavian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bêːs/

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