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debesis

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See also: Debesis and debesīs

Latvian

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Noun

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debesis f

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of debess

Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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debesi̇̀s m (plural dẽbesys) stress pattern 3b

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

Declension

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Declension of debesi̇̀s
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) debesi̇̀s dẽbesys
genitive (kilmininkas) debesiẽs debesų̃
dative (naudininkas) dẽbesiui debesi̇̀ms
accusative (galininkas) dẽbesį dẽbesis
instrumental (įnagininkas) debesimi̇̀ debesimi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) debesyjè debesysè
vocative (šauksmininkas) debesiẽ dẽbesys

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Nouns derived from debesis
Adjectives derived from debesis

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 “debesis” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. ^ 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. 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, pages 347–348.