Bes

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bes"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛs/

Proper noun

Bes

  1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, the protector of households and mothers, children and childbirth.
    • 2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE, →ISBN, page 121:
      The god Bes occurred so early in the human imagination that it reaches back to the earliest of human settlements along the Nile.

Coordinate terms
  • Beset

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Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛs]

Proper noun

Bes m anim

  1. Bes

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

German

Proper noun

Bes m

  1. Bes

Etymology 2

B (“B flat”) +‎ -es (“flat”)

Noun

Bes n (strong, genitive Bes, plural Bes)

  1. B double flat
Declension
Declension of Bes [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Bes die Bes
genitive eines des Bes der Bes
dative einem dem Bes den Bes
accusative ein das Bes die Bes
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