debesis
Latvian
Noun
debesis f
- nominative/vocative/accusative plural of debess
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- debesỹs (stress pattern: 3b[1])
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).[2] Cognates include Latvian debess[3] (“sky”), Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”),[3] and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud, mass of clouds”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛbɛˈsɪs]
Noun
debesi̇̀s m (plural dẽbesys) stress pattern 3b
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | debesi̇̀s | dẽbesys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | debesiẽs | debesų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dẽbesiui | debesi̇̀ms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dẽbesį | dẽbesis |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | debesimi̇̀ | debesimi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | debesyjè | debesysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | debesiẽ | dẽbesys |
Synonyms
- (flock): pulkas
Derived terms
Nouns derived from debesis
- (diminutive) debesėlis
Adjectives derived from debesis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “debesis” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “debesis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 347–348.