# dess
## English
### Etymology 1

Probably a clipping of desperate.

#### Adjective

dess (comparative more dess, superlative most dess)
* (MTE, slang) Unattractive, unappealing.
** 2021 October 2, u/loading___help, “How did he even think he was getting away 😭”, in Reddit‎, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:They're honestly some of the dumbest niggas I've ever seen p.o is the most dess block in Toronto
** 2023 August 18, @CHICVGO, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:Definitely need a few more female friends. This staying inside all the time/entertaining myself shit is dess. I am too young to be feeling this old due to a lack of friendships.
** 2024 March 11, u/Click-Good, “Paperboy got hit up last night”, in Reddit‎, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:These kids are so dess. Imagine going live with bullet holes and tubes coming out you. Lmao insanity
** 2024 April 13, @FCGunnis, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:Periods are dess asf!

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dess (plural desses)
* Obsolete form of dais.

### References

* ↑ “TDOT SLANG TRANSLATION THREAD.”, in Reddit‎, r/Torontology, 2021 April 2, archived from the original on 8 June 2024: “Dess means desperate”

### Further reading

* “dess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “dess”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
* Melissa Douglas, Shiyan Liang (2024) “dess”, in Eshe Mercer-James, Elaine Gold, editors, A Dictionary of English in Multicultural Toronto‎, Toronto, Ont.: Canadian Language Museum, archived from the original on 2024-05-15: “conventionally unattractive; insult.”

### Anagrams

* ESDs, SDEs, SEDs, SSED, seds

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat.

### Adverb

dess
* the, when used with two comparatives.
    Dess tynnere røret er, dess større er høydeforskjellen, ...The thinner the tube, the greater the difference in height, ... (Wikipedia Kapillarkrefter)

#### Derived terms

* dessuten

### References

* “dess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “dess_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛsː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.

#### Adverb

dess
* the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)
    Dess sterkare, dess betre.The stronger, the better.

##### Synonyms

* di
* jo

#### Determiner

dess
* (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

#### Pronoun

dess
* (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)
* (music) D-flat

##### Derived terms

* dess-dur m

### References

* “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲes/

### Adjective

dess
* 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$^b$2
    a lleth o laim deisswith the half from the right hand
* south

#### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | dess | dess | dess |
| Vocative | deiss* dess** | dess | dess |
| Accusative | dess | deiss | dess |
| Genitive | deiss | deisse | deiss |
| Dative | dess | deiss | dess |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | deiss | dessa | dessa |
| Vocative | dessu dessa† | dessa | dessa |
| Accusative | dessu dessa† | dessa | dessa |
| Genitive | dess | dess | dess |
| Dative | dessaib | dessaib | dessaib |
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized |

#### Derived terms

* andes

#### Descendants

* Irish: deas
* Manx: jiass
* Scottish Gaelic: deas

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* deß (archaic)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛsː/
* Rhymes: -ɛsː

### Pronoun

dess
* (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
* At a specific given time, then
    Sen dess har de rivit ställetSince then, they've torn the place down
    Till dess får du ha det så braUntil then, have a good time
* (chiefly in some expressions) Synonym of desto

#### Declension

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej$^3$ | min | mitt | mina |
| singular | second | — | du | dig, dej$^3$ | din | ditt | dina |
| singular | third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han$^2$, en$^5$ | hans | hans | hans |
| singular | third | feminine (person) | hon | henne, na$^5$ | hennes | hennes | hennes |
| singular | third | gender-neutral (person)$^1$ | hen | hen, henom$^7$ | hens | hens | hens |
| singular | third | common (noun) | den | den | dess | dess | dess |
| singular | third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | dess | dess |
| singular | third | indefinite | man or en$^4$ | en | ens | ens | ens |
| singular | third | reflexive | — | sig, sej$^3$ | sin | sitt | sina |
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran$^2$ | vårt, vårat$^2$ | våra |
| plural | second | — | ni | er | er, eran$^2$, ers$^6$ | ert, erat$^2$ | era |
| plural | second | archaic | I | eder | eder, eders$^6$ | edert | edra |
| plural | third | — | de, dom$^3$ | dem, dom$^3$ | deras | deras | deras |
| plural | third | reflexive | — | sig, sej$^3$ | sin | sitt | sina |

### Noun

dess n
* (music) D-flat; the note D♭

#### Related terms

* diss

### Anagrams

* seds