десен

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *desnъ. In the modern language, the root vowel is interpreted as long *ě, probably due to influence from ляв (ljav, “left”) (< *lěvъ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsɛn]

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де́сен • (désen) (abstract noun дя́сност)

1. right, right-hand, dextral
2. (politics) right-wing, rightist

• десне́я се (desnéja se) (stative verb)
• десняк m (desnjak), деснячка f (desnjačka, “right-hander”) (agent nouns)
• десни́ца (desníca, “left wing/hand”)
  • деснича́р m (desničár), деснича́рка f (desničárka, “right-hander, rightist”) (agent nouns)

• де́ся (désja, “to stumble upon, to encounter”) (obsolete)

• “десен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “десен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “десен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 346
• “деснъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsɛn]

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десен • (desen) (superlative најдесен)

1. right, right-hand, dextral
2. (politics) right-wing, rightist

• лев (lev)