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(Anglès)

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

Oposat a

laevus, scaevus, sinister

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈdɛk.stɛr]

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”).