бѣсъ
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *běsъ (“demon, evil spirit”).
Noun
бѣсъ • (běsŭ) m
- demon, evil spirit
- (Christianity) pagan god
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 384-387:
- къто ли не веселитъ сѧ видѧ крьстꙑ на вꙑсокꙑихъ мѣстѣхъ стоѩщѧ на нихъже прѣжде жьрѣахѫ бѣсомъ чловѣци
- kŭto li ne veselitŭ sę vidę krĭsty na vysokyjxŭ městěxŭ stojęštę na nixŭže prěžde žĭrěaxǫ běsomŭ člověci
- Who has not rejoiced to see crosses set up in high places, where once men sacrificed to demons?
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “бѣсомъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 58.5, line 29:
- и҅ въшьдъ҆ нечь҆стивꙑи а҅нѳѵпатъ · въ цръквище а҅полоново · повелѣ привести с꙯тааго кодрата · и҅ прокꙑѩ приведеномꙿ же и҅мъ бꙑвъшемъ · ноуждаꙿше ѩ пожръти нечьстивꙑи҅мъ бѣсомъ ·
- i҅ vŭšĭdŭ҆ nečĭ҆stivyj a҅nθüpatŭ · vŭ crŭkvište a҅polonovo · povelě privesti s꙯taago kodrata · i҅ prokyję privedenomꙿ že i҅mŭ byvŭšemŭ · nuždaꙿše ję požrŭti nečĭstivyj҅mŭ běsomŭ ·
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- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 384-387:
Declension
Declension of бѣсъ (hard o-stem)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | бѣсъ běsŭ | бѣса běsa | бѣси běsi |
| Accusative | бѣсъ, бѣса běsŭ, běsa | бѣса běsa | бѣсꙑ běsy |
| Genitive | бѣса běsa | бѣсоу běsu | бѣсъ běsŭ |
| Locative | бѣсѣ běsě | бѣсоу běsu | бѣсѣхъ běsěxŭ |
| Dative | бѣсоу, бѣсови běsu, běsovi | бѣсома běsoma | бѣсомъ běsomŭ |
| Instrumental | бѣсомь běsomĭ | бѣсома běsoma | бѣсꙑ běsy |
| Vocative | бѣсе běse | бѣса běsa | бѣси běsi |
Derived terms
- бѣсити (běsiti)
- бѣсование (běsovanie)
- бѣсовидьнъ (běsovidĭnŭ)
- бѣсовьнъ (běsovĭnŭ)
- бѣсовьскъ (běsovĭskŭ)
- бѣсьновати (běsĭnovati)
- бѣсьнъ (běsĭnŭ)
- бѣшение (běšenie)
- бѣшьнъ (běšĭnŭ)
- бѣшьньство (běšĭnĭstvo)
References
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *běsъ (“demon, evil spirit”).
Noun
бѣсъ (běsŭ) m[1]
- demon, evil spirit
Inflection
Accent paradigm c, (deviation to accent paradigm b).
Descendants
- Belarusian: бес (bjes)
- Russian: бес (bes)
- Ukrainian: біс (bis)
References
- Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 523: “бѣ́съ”
Russian
Noun
бѣсъ • (běs) m anim (genitive бѣ́са, nominative plural бѣ́сы, genitive plural бѣ́совъ, related adjective бѣсо́вскій, diminutive бѣсёнокъ)
- Pre-1918 spelling of бес (bes).
Declension
Pre-reform declension of бѣсъ (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бѣ́съ bě́s | бѣ́сы bě́sy |
| genitive | бѣ́са bě́sa | бѣ́совъ bě́sov |
| dative | бѣ́су bě́su | бѣ́самъ bě́sam |
| accusative | бѣ́са bě́sa | бѣ́совъ bě́sov |
| instrumental | бѣ́сомъ bě́som | бѣ́сами bě́sami |
| prepositional | бѣ́сѣ bě́sě | бѣ́сахъ bě́sax |