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bestia

See also: Bestia, bestía, bestią, and bèstia

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”).

Noun

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bestia f (plural bestias)

  1. beast

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From bes- +‎ tia.

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bestia f (plural besties)

  1. great-aunt

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin bēstia. Cognate to biscia, which is not borrowed but inherited.

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bestia f (plural bestie)

  1. beast
    • 13th century, “ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅡ. De’ Pagoni [82. About Peacocks]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture]‎[1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 474:
      Il nido si dee lor fare sotto tetto, e da terra levato, acciocchè serpente o bestia, andar non vi possa
      Their nest is to be made under a canopy, and above ground, so that no snake or [other] animal can get to it

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References

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  1. ^ bestia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown. A Proto-Indo-European preform *dʰwēstiā has been proposed, from the root *dʰwēs- (“to breathe”) (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius) from *dʰwes- (“to breathe”); more at English deer), but this is uncertain, since an initial f- would be expected in Latin.

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bēstia f (genitive bēstiae); first declension

  1. a beast
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.30:
      Leō fortissimus bēstiārum ad nūllīus pavēbit occursum.
      A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.)

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bēstia bēstiae
Genitive bēstiae bēstiārum
Dative bēstiae bēstiīs
Accusative bēstiam bēstiās
Ablative bēstiā bēstiīs
Vocative bēstia bēstiae

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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bestia f

  1. Alternative form of besta

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese besta and Spanish bestia.

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bestia

  1. beast
  2. animal

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin bēstia.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛs.tja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛstja
  • Syllabification: bes‧tia

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bestia f (diminutive bestyjka)

  1. beast (non-human animal)
    Synonym: zwierz
  2. (figurative) beast (person who behaves in a violent, antisocial, or uncivilized manner)
    Synonym: zwyrodnialec

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Declension of bestia
singular plural
nominative bestia bestie
genitive bestii bestii/bestyj (archaic)
dative bestii bestiom
accusative bestię bestie
instrumental bestią bestiami
locative bestii bestiach
vocative bestio bestie

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References

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  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “bestia”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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  • bestia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bestia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Noun

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bestia

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bestie

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bēstia.

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bestia f (plural bestias)

  1. (Sursilvan) animal

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
  • (Sursilvan) tier

Spanish

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia. Compare English beast.

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bestia f (plural bestias)

  1. beast
    Synonym: bicho
  2. animal
    Synonym: animal

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bestia m or f by sense (plural bestias)

  1. (derogatory) brute (person who acts stupidly)
    Synonym: bruto

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Venetian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin bestia. Doublet of bìsa.

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bestia f (plural bestie)

  1. animal
  2. beast
  3. insect
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