deske

See also: deskę

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish desque, from des +‎ que, from Late Latin dē ex and Early Medieval Latin quid (that), respectively. Cognate with Spanish desque.

Preposition

deske (Hebrew spelling דיסקי)[1]

  1. since (from the time that)
    • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim[1], numbers 68-72, page 59:
      [] i no digas: fulano es fermozo i yo no, ke bien saves ke deske el ombre es muerto, ke no se kuenta salvo por animalia muerta.
      And don't say: so and so is handsome and I'm not; you know well that since the man is dead that he doesn't count except as a dead animal.

References

  1. ^ deske”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Middle English

Adjective

deske

  1. alternative form of dosk