-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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