different between dess vs ness

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

Etymology

From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasj? (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs. Related to nose.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /n?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

ness (plural nesses)

1. (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
   • 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)

     Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.

Derived terms

• Little Ness

Translations

See also

• Nes
• Ness
• naze

References

• ness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• The Collins English Dictionary, Collins, London & Glasgow 1986

Anagrams

• ESNs, NSSE, SE SN, SNES, Sens, Sens., sens

Vilamovian

Etymology

Cognate with German Nässe

Noun

ness f (plural nessa)

1. rainy weather
2. wetness

Related terms

• nessa