# бес
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* bies — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲes]

### Noun

бес • (bjes) m pers (genitive бе́са, nominative plural бе́сы, genitive plural бе́саў)
* demon, devil

#### Inflection

$^1$Used 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
### Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰋𐱁 (béş), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ (“five”). Cognate with Turkish beş, etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲes]
* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

бес • (bes)
* five
    бес адам ― bes adam ― five people

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běsъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɛs]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: без (bez)

### Noun

бес • (bes) m (relational adjective бесен)
* rage, fury

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “бес” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Nogai
### Numeral

бес • (bes)
* five

## Old East Slavic
### Preposition

бес (bes)
* Alternative spelling of безъ (bezŭ)
** 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 3:ни правьдникъ [съставить сѧ] бес почитаниꙗ книжьнаагоni pravĭdnikŭ [sŭstavitĭ sę] bes počitanija knižĭnaagonor [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]‎ (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: [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 or бесовско́й, diminutive бесёнок)
* demon, devil
    Synonyms: чёрт (čort), шиш (šiš)

#### 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: /bêːs/

### Noun

бе̑с m (Latin spelling bȇs)
* rage
* fury
* madness
* mania
* tantrum
* wildness
* ferocity
* rampage

#### Declension
## 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)
* gland

### References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бес”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN