dess
English
Noun
dess (plural desses)
- Obsolete form of dais.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- ESDs, SDEs, SEDs, SSED, seds
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
- dessuten
References
- “dess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dess_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛsː/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.
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
- di
- jo
Determiner
dess
- (rare, literary); possessive form of det.
Pronoun
dess
- (rare, literary); possessive form of det.
Alternative forms
- Dess (alternative capitalization)
Noun
dess m (definite singular dessen, indefinite plural dessar, definite plural dessane)
- (music) D-flat
Derived terms
- dess-dur m
References
- “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲes/
Adjective
dess
- right (side, as opposed to left)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17b2
- a lleth o laim deiss
- with the half from the right hand
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17b2
- south
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
- Irish: deas
- Scottish Gaelic: deas
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Alternative forms
- (archaic) deß
Pronoun
dess
- (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
- At a specific given time, then
- Sen dess har de rivit stället
- Since then, they've torn the place down
- Tills dess får du ha det så bra
- Until then, have a good time
- (chiefly in some expressions) Synonym of desto
Declension
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 |
Noun
dess n
- (music) D-flat
Anagrams
- seds