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.