desni

See also: děsní

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dęsna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déntsnāˀ, from *dantís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dêːsni/
  • Hyphenation: des‧ni

Noun

dȇsni f (Cyrillic spelling де̑сни)

  1. (plural only) gums
Declension

Further reading

  • desni”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *desnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśinas, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱsinos, from *deḱs-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děsniː/
  • Hyphenation: des‧ni

Adjective

dèsnī (Cyrillic spelling дѐснӣ)

  1. right
  2. right-wing
Declension
Declension of desni
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative desni desna desno
genitive desnog(a) desne desnog(a)
dative desnom(u/e) desnoj desnom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate
desni
desnog(a)
desnu desno
vocative desni desna desno
locative desnom(e/u) desnoj desnom(e/u)
instrumental desnim desnom desnim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative desni desne desna
genitive desnih desnih desnih
dative desnim(a) desnim(a) desnim(a)
accusative desne desne desna
vocative desni desne desna
locative desnim(a) desnim(a) desnim(a)
instrumental desnim(a) desnim(a) desnim(a)

Further reading

  • desni”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025