десни

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dęsna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déntsnāˀ, from *dantís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dêːsni/
  • Hyphenation: дес‧ни

Noun

де̑сни f (Latin spelling dȇsni)

  1. (plural only) gums
Declension

Further reading

  • десни”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *desnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśinas, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱsinos, from *deḱs-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děsniː/
  • Hyphenation: дес‧ни

Adjective

дѐснӣ (Latin spelling dèsnī)

  1. right
  2. right-wing
Declension

Further reading

  • десни”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024