-бесие

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -бѣ́сїе (-bě́sie), calque of Ancient Greek -μανία (-manía) and -μάργος (márgos). Cognate with беси́ться (besítʹsja, “to rage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲesʲɪje]

Suffix

-бе́сие • (-bésije) n inan

  1. (dated) -mania
    Synonym: -ма́ния (-mánija)
    ‎и́дол (ídol, “idol”) + ‎-о- (-o-) + ‎-бе́сие (-bésije) → ‎идолобе́сие (idolobésije, “idolomania”)
    ‎мрак (mrak, “darkness”) + ‎-о- (-o-) + ‎-бе́сие (-bésije) → ‎мракобе́сие (mrakobésije, “obscurantism”, literally “obscuromania”)
    ‎чре́во (črévo, “belly”) + ‎-бе́сие (-bésije) → ‎чревобе́сие (črevobésije, “gluttony”, literally “gastromania”)

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -бесие
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