dexter

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) right (relative direction), right hand
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) skillful
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) fortunate, favorable
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) proper, fitting

Teenoorgestelde van

laevus, scaevus, sinister

Sinonieme

dextra

dextrum

directus

Vertalings

right

destro

direito

rechts

δεξιός

sağ

droit

derecha

➡️

derecho

droite

rechtse

يمين

destra

direita

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈdɛk.stɛr]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, from *deḱs- (“right”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós), and compare δεξιός (dexiós), Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”), Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”).