Bes

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bes"

English

Alternative forms

• Bisu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Related terms

• Ibiza

Translations

ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility

Arabic: بس m Coptic: ⲃⲏⲥ m (bēs) Czech: Bes m Egyptian: (bs m) French: Bès (fr) m German: Bes m Marathi: बेस f (bes)

Further reading

• Bes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia `

Anagrams

• BSE, EBs, ESB, EbS, SEB, SbE, Seb

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Bes

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛs]

Proper noun

Bes m anim

1. Bes

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Bes

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology 1

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