десна

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dęsna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsnɐ]

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де́сна • (désna) f (dialectal)

1. gum (soft tissue around the teeth)

In those dialects, in which the word is still attested, it is typically used as plurale tantum де́сни pl (désni).

• “десни”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “десна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 347
• “дѧснꙑ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Middle Russian дѧсна́ (djasná), from Proto-Slavic *dęsna, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

• IPA^(key): [dʲɪsˈna]

десна́ • (desná) f inan (genitive десны́, nominative plural дёсны, genitive plural дёсен)

1. gum (soft tissue around the teeth)