different between dess vs dels

English

Noun

dess (plural desses)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• ESDs, SDEs, SEDs, SSED, seds

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat

Adverb

dess

1. the, when used with two comparatives.

Derived terms

• dessuten

References

• “dess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dess_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.

Adverb

dess

1. the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)

Synonyms

• di
• jo

Determiner

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Pronoun

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Dess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

dess m (definite singular dessen, indefinite plural dessar, definite plural dessane)

2. (music) D-flat

Derived terms

• dess-dur m

References

• “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?es/

Adjective

dess

1. 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. 17^b2

2. south

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: deas
• Scottish Gaelic: deas

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Pronoun

dess

1. (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
2. At a specific given timen

Declension

Noun

dess ?

1. (music) D-flat

Anagrams

• seds

English

Noun

dels

1. plural of del

Anagrams

• EDLs, ELSD, LEDs, SLED, seld, sled

Catalan

Contraction

dels

1. Contraction of de els (“of the, from the (masculine plural)”).

See also

• del

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?e?ls]

Etymology 1

After Middle Low German d?ls, German teils, originally a genitive singular of del (“part”) used adverbially

Adverb

dels

1. partly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

dels c

1. indefinite genitive singular of del

Norwegian Bokmål

Conjunction

dels

1. part, partly, in part (part this, part that), both and

Derived terms

• til dels

References

• “dels” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

del +? -s, the genitive singular form of del m (“part”). The adverb is a calque of German teils, from Teils, the genitive singular form of Teil (“part”).

Adverb

dels

1. part, partly

   Synonyms: delvis, til dels

Noun

dels m

1. genitive singular of del

Derived terms

• til dels

References

• “dels” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• seld

Occitan

Contraction

dels

1. Contraction of de los.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Conjunction

dels

1. part, partly, in part (part this, part that), both and

   Den består dels av nervceller, och dels av stödjande celler som kallas gliaceller.

   It consists in part of nerve cells, and in part of supporting cells which are called glial cells.

   Vårt företag erbjuder dels enkla och robusta nivåvakter, dels mer noggranna givare för mätning och registrering.

   Our company offers both simple and robust level detectors, and also more accurate detectors for measuring and registration.

Usage notes

• The prescribed usage is "dels A, dels B", but one also often sees "dels A, men också B".

Noun

dels

1. indefinite genitive singular of del

Anagrams

• elds, leds

Volapük

Noun

dels

1. plural of del