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debesis
debesis
See also: debesīs
Latvian
Noun
debesis f
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognates include Latvian debess[1] (“sky”), Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”)[1] and Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud, mass of clouds”)[1].
Alternative forms
- debesỹs (stress pattern: 3b[2])
Noun
debesìs m (plural dẽbesys) stress pattern 3b
Synonyms
- (flock): pulkas m
Derived terms
Nouns derived from debesis
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Adjectives derived from debesis
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References
- 1 2 3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 347-348.
- 1 2 “debesis” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.