беса

See бяс (bjas).

• IPA^(key): [bɛˈsa]
• Hyphenation^(key): бе‧са

беса́ • (besá)

1. definite object singular of бяс (bjas)

Borrowed from Albanian besë. Compare Greek μπέσα (bésa) and Ottoman Turkish بسا (besa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛsɐ]
• Hyphenation^(key): бе‧са

бе́са • (bésa) f

1. (archaic, uncountable) word of honor, oath, vow (among ethnic Albanians)

• “бе́са”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Borrowed from Albanian besë.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛsa]

беса • (besa) f (uncountable)

1. pledge, oath, traditional word of honor among ethnic Albanians

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲesə]

бе́са • (bésa) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of бес (bes)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 7:26:

     а женщина та была язычница, родом Сирофиникиянка; и просила Его, чтобы изгнал беса из ее дочери.

     a ženščina ta byla jazyčnica, rodom Sirofinikijanka; i prosila Jevo, štoby izgnal besa iz jeje dočeri.

     The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.