десь

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *des (“eye”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [deˑsʲ˧]

Noun

десь (dēsʲ) n (plural дэсь or дэсьтаӈ)

  1. eye

Usage notes

  • десь refers to a single eye (as in an eyeball,) while дэсь can be used to refer to a pair. дэсьтаӈ meanwhile refers to multiple pairs of eyes.
  • Central and Northern Ket varieties use the variant дээси and its plural дестигин instead.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 202

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 187
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 144-145

Ukrainian

Etymology

From де (de) +‎ -сь (-sʹ). Compare Polish gdzieś.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛsʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

десь • (desʹ)

  1. somewhere

References

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