bě̑sъ

bě̑sъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `demon'

Page in Trubačev: II 88-91

Old Church Slavic:

běsъ `demon' [m o]

Russian:

bes `demon' [m o]

Czech:

běs `demon' [m o]

Slovak:

bes `demon' [m o]

Polish:

bies `demon' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

bȉjes `demon' [m o];

Čak. bȋs `demon' [m o], bȋsa [Gens]

Slovene:

bẹ̑s `demon' [m o]

Bulgarian:

bjas `rabies, demon' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: boiʔsós

Lithuanian:

baisùs `terrible' [adj u]

Latvian:

baîss `terrible' [adj u]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰoiHdʰ-so-

Page in Pokorny: 161

Comments: Since both Slavic and Baltic point to BSl. *s instead of *ṣ, it has been suggested that the root of this etymon was *bʰoiHdʰ-, cf. Lat. foedus `repulsive, terrible, disgraceful' (cf. Pedersen 1895). An extension of the root is also found in Lith. baidýti, Latv. baĩdît `scare', but it is uncertain if this *d , which may be identified with *dʰh₁- `put' and is part of a productive suffix (cf. OPr. pobaiint `punish'), is the same element.

Other cognates:

Lat. foedus `repulsive, terrible, disgraceful'