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Debesys

DEBESỸS

Etymology

Cf. Cloudy ¹. Maybe from German. Debes, Deweß, Debus, etc.: Matthäus ². In southern Lithuania there may be a direct loan from the Germans, and in the north - through the Latvian Debess ³.

Feminine FORMS

Debesienė / Debesytė

Pronunciation

/dʲɛbʲɛ²ˈsʲiːs/

SOURCES

1. V. Kalvaitis, 1910, p. 9.

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 423.

3. LAG 78, 454.