debesis
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Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
debesis f
Lithuanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
debesìs m (plural dẽbesys) stress pattern 3b
Declension[edit]
Declension of debesìs
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | debesìs | dẽbesys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | debesiẽs | debesų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dẽbesiui | debesìms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dẽbesį | dẽbesis |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | debesimì | debesimìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | debesyjè | debesysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | debesiẽ | dẽbesys |
Synonyms[edit]
- (flock): pulkas
Derived terms[edit]
Nouns derived from debesis
- (diminutive) debesėlis
Adjectives derived from debesis
References[edit]
- ↑ 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, →ISSN, pages 347–348.