мракобесие

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mrakɔˈbɛsi(j)ɛ]

Noun

мракобесие • (mrakobesien

  1. obscurantism

Declension

Declension of мракобесие
singular
indefinite мракобесие (mrakobesie)
definite unspecified мракобесието (mrakobesieto)
definite proximal мракобесиево (mrakobesievo)
definite distal мракобесиено (mrakobesieno)
vocative мракобесие (mrakobesie)

Russian

Etymology

мрак (mrak, darkness) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -бе́сие (-bésije), from беси́ться (besítʹsja, to rage); calque of French manie des ténèbres (mania of obscurity), coined by Bestuzhev-Marlinsky in the 1810s and popularized by Belinsky. The suffix -бе́сие (-bésije) corresponds to Old Church Slavonic -бѣ́сїе (-bě́sije), used to translate Ancient Greek -μᾰνία (-mănía) in religious terminology, such as in Old Church Slavonic идолобѣ́сїе (idolobě́sije, idolomania).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mrəkɐˈbʲesʲɪje]

Noun

мракобе́сие • (mrakobésijen inan (genitive мракобе́сия, nominative plural мракобе́сия, genitive plural мракобе́сий)

  1. obscurantism (opposition to enlightenment and progress)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ukrainian: мракобі́сся (mrakobíssja)