Noun: bestia
Gender: f
Hyphenation: bé‧stia
bè‧stia
| Singular f | bestia |
| Plural f | bestie |
Sample Sentences
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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) [13ᵗʰ century, “ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅡ. De’ Pagoni [82. About Peacocks]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 474:]
Nouns inflected like bestia
monferrina,
ossichinolina,
palestra,
nipoteria,
gualdrappa,
bacinella,
minicassetta,
bestemmia,
geostoria,
sferra,
sferza,
sfilza,
triplofonia,
fiduciaria,
meteoroscopia,
ipersonnia,
sovrabbondanza,
corbezzola,
pseudoestesia,
viminata, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia, but some sources consider it inherited. Cognate to biscia, which is definitely inherited. See: Latin Nouns '
bēstia'.
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