десь
See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"
Ket
Etymology
From earlier dées,[1] inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *dej-ç (“eye”). Cognate with Yug дес (des), Kott têš, Pumpokol dat and Arin tieŋ (“eyes”) (plural).
Noun
десь (dēsʲ) n (plural дэсьтаӈ (dɛ́sʲtaŋ))
- eye (singular)
- Дыль дубингък аниншэн, дэштаӈ тоʼн игильтаӈ. (Baklaniha dialect)
- Dɨlʲ dubingʌk aninšen, dɛštaŋ tɔˀn iɣilʲtaŋ.
- The child found the toys, and [their] eyes lit up [with excitement.]
- Аб обда деска дэʼӈ дасаноксегин. (Kureyka dialect)
- Āb ɔbda dɛska dɛˀŋ dasanɔksɛɣin.
- People are talking about my dad, looking directly at him.
- (literally, “Their eye on my father, people are talking about him.”)
- Ат десь ӄаппина. (Pakuliha dialect)
- Āt dēsʲ tqabbina.
- I closed my one eye.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- десоват (desɔ́vat, “superciliary bone”)
- десоӈут (dɛ́soŋut, “eye socket”)
- десьбуль (dɛsʲpulʲ, “eyelid”)
- десьӄъӈдоӄс (dɛsʲqʌŋɾɔqsʲ, “mirror”)
- десьтӄарь (desʲt-qarʲ, “eyelashes, eyebrows”)
- десьтулий (desʲdúlij, “pupil of the eye”)
- десьтуль (dɛsʲdúlʲ, “tear, teardrop”)
References
- ^ Werner, Heinrich (2005) “des' (Ad); dées (M, W, Kl, VW)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 43
- ^ Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 68
- Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “13.) ~*tej”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
- Georg, Stefan (2007) A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, Morphology, Cromwell: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 19
- Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “dēs (n, dès/destaŋ)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, volume 1, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 144-145
- Vajda, Edward (2024) “*dej-ç '(one) eye'”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, page 413
- Vajda, Edward (2024) “Table 19:3”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, page 424
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “десь (с) [мн. дэсьтаӈ, пара — дэсь]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[4], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 30
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(1) deˑs' (n)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 187
- Werner, Heinrich (2005) “eye”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 294
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛsʲ]
Audio: (file)
Adverb
десь • (desʹ)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “десь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka