dess
English
Noun
dess (plural desses)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat
Adverb
dess
- the, when used with two comparatives.
- Dess tynnere røret er, dess større er høydeforskjellen, ...
- The thinner the tube, the greater the difference in height, ... (Wikipedia Kapillarkrefter)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Adverb
dess
- the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)
- Dess sterkare, dess betre.
- The stronger, the better.
Synonyms
References
- “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dess
Inflection
o/ā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | dess | dess | dess |
Vocative | deiss* dess** | ||
Accusative | dess | deiss | |
Genitive | deiss | deisse | deiss |
Dative | dess | deiss | dess |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | deiss | dessa | |
Vocative | dessu dessa† | ||
Accusative | dessu dessa† | ||
Genitive | dess | ||
Dative | dessaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dess | dess pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndess |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Pronoun
dess
- (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
- At a specific given timen
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council
Noun
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