десна

See also: Десна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dęsna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsnɐ]

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Noun

де́сна • (désna) f (dialectal)

1. gum (soft tissue around the teeth)

Usage notes

In those dialects, in which the word is still attested, it is typically used as plurale tantum де́сни pl (désni).

Declension

Declension of де́сна

	singular	plural
indefinite	де́сна désna	де́сни désni
definite	де́сната désnata	де́сните désnite

References

• “десни”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “десна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 347
• “дѧснꙑ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian дѧсна́ (djasná), from Proto-Slavic *dęsna, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲɪsˈna]

Noun

десна́ • (desná) f inan (genitive десны́, nominative plural дёсны, genitive plural дёсен)

1. gum (soft tissue around the teeth)

Declension

Declension of десна́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	десна́ desná	дёсны djósny
genitive	десны́ desný	дёсен djósen
dative	десне́ desné	дёснам djósnam
accusative	десну́ desnú	дёсны djósny
instrumental	десно́й, десно́ю desnój, desnóju	дёснами djósnami
prepositional	десне́ desné	дёснах djósnax