Noun: bestia
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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[…] en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampades (The appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches) [c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:]
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Andat ⁊ matemoſle. Echemoſle en aq̃l pozo. E ueremos que prol aura so suenno. e pues diremos q̃ beſtia mala lo mato ⁊ lo comẏo. Oẏo lo ruben ⁊ peſol eq̃ſol enparar (“Go and let us kill him. Let us throw him into that pit, and we shall see of what use his dream is to him! And then we will say that a fierce beast killed and ate him.” Reuben heard this and was grieved by it, and decided to protect him.) [c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:]
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[…] preſtal contra contra toda ferida de culuebra o de alacran. o de otra beſtia emponzonada. (It serves against any injury made by a snake or a scorpion, or of any other venomous beast.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 105v:]
Nouns inflected like bestia
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from Latin bēstia. Cognate with Old French beste and Old Galician-Portuguese besta. See: Latin Nouns '
bēstia', Old Portuguese Nouns '
besta'.
Verbs referencing "bestia"
Spanish Nouns
bestia.
Translations