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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běsъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *baiˀsas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-dʰh₁-so-s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian baĩsus (“terrible apparition”).

Indo-European cognates include Latin foedus (“foul”) and Welsh baedd (“wild boar”).

Noun

*bě̑sъ m [1][2]

  1. demon, evil spirit

Inflection
Declension of *bě̑sъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bě̑sъ *bě̑sa *bě̑si
Accusative *bě̑sъ *bě̑sa *bě̑sy
Genitive *bě̑sa *běsù *bě̃sъ
Locative *bě̑sě *běsù *běsě̃xъ
Dative *bě̑su *běsomà *běsòmъ
Instrumental *bě̑sъmь, *bě̑somь* *běsomà *běsý
Vocative *běse *bě̑sa *bě̑si
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бес (bjes)
    • Russian: бес (bes)
    • Ukrainian: біс (bis)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic: бѣсъ (běsŭ)
    • Bulgarian: бяс (bjas, “rabies, rabidity”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бе̑с (rage, fury)
      Latin: bȇs (rage, fury)
    • Slovene: bẹ̑s (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: běs (rage, fury)
    • Polish: bies

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “m. o (c) ‘demon’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “běsъ běsa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 81; PR 137; RPT 98, 102)”
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