-бес

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bes"

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -бѣ́съ (-bě́sŭ), calque of Ancient Greek -μανής (-manḗs) and -μαργος (-margos). Cognate with беси́ться (besítʹsja, “to rage”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲes]

Suffix

-бе́с • (-bés) m anim

  1. (dated) -maniac, -mane
    Synonym: -ма́н (-mán)
    ‎и́дол (ídol, “idol”) + ‎-о- (-o-) + ‎-бе́с (-bés) → ‎идолобе́с (idolobés, “idol worshipper”, literally “idolomaniac”)
    ‎мрак (mrak, “darkness”) + ‎-о- (-o-) + ‎-бе́с (-bés) → ‎мракобе́с (mrakobés, “obscurant”, literally “obscuromaniac”)
    ‎чре́во (črévo, “belly”) + ‎-бе́с (-bés) → ‎чревобе́с (črevobés, “glutton”, literally “gastromaniac”)

Declension
Declension of -бе́с (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

Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -бес
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