дескать

• дѣ́скать (dě́skatʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Univerbation of дѣ́етъ (dě́jet) +‎ сказа́ть (skazátʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲeskətʲ]

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де́скать • (déskatʹ)

1. A particle introducing reported speech; (he/she) says, (they) say

   Synonyms: мол (mol), де (de), зна́чит (znáčit)

   О́н, де́скать, не зна́л. ― Ón, déskatʹ, ne znál. ― He says he didn't know.

2. A particle introducing the explanation of someone's thoughts, gestures, or behavior; meaning, like, as if saying

   Synonyms: мол (mol), де (de), зна́чит (znáčit), ти́па (típa)

   Он кивну́л: де́скать, дава́й. ― On kivnúl: déskatʹ, daváj. ― He nodded his head, meaning: “do it”.

• бишь (bišʹ)
• мол (mol)
• я́кобы (jákoby)

• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1910–1914) “дѣть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – О), numbers 1–9, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 209
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дескать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “дескать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “де”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Arutjunova, Nina (1990) “Высказывание в контексте диалога и чужой речи [Vyskazyvanije v kontekste dialoga i čužoj reči]”, in Revue des études slaves‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 62, numbers 1–2, →DOI, pages 22–28