debesis

See also: Debesis and debesīs

Latvian

Noun

debesis f

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of debess

Lithuanian

Alternative forms
  • debesỹs (stress pattern: 3b[1])

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognates include Latvian debess[2] (“sky”), Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”)[2] and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud, mass of clouds”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛbɛsɪs]

Noun

debesìs m (plural dẽbesys) stress pattern 3b

  1. cloud
  2. (figuratively) flock
    paukščių debesis[1] - a flock of birds

Declension
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

Derived terms
Nouns derived from debesis
  • (diminutive) debesėlis
Adjectives derived from debesis

References
  1. “debesis” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  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.
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