déesxéél

== Navajo == === Etymology === di- (“oral”) + -ni- (adjectival) + -si- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yéél (neuter perfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be calm”). The root onset, originally *gh (> y), devoices after ł-classifier: ł + ghéél > ł + héél. For the high tone on the prefix complex, see also díní-. === Verb === déesxéél it/he/she is quiet, noiseless, still, calm ==== Usage notes ==== This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), with some irregularities (see also díní-). ==== Related terms ==== diiłheeł hodéezyéél