devassa
Pali
Noun
devassa
- genitive/dative singular of deva
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈva.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈva.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈva.sɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈba.sɐ/ [dɨˈβa.sɐ]
- Hyphenation: de‧vas‧sa
Etymology 1
Deverbal from devassar.[1][2] Cognate with Galician devasa.
Noun
devassa f (plural devassas)
- (archaic) ample investigation
- feminine of devasso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
devassa
- feminine singular of devasso
Verb
devassa
- inflection of devassar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- ^ “devassa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “devassa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025