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1 be descended from
(to be a descendant of.) vera kominn af -
2 descend
[di'send]1) (to go or climb down from a higher place or position: He descended the staircase.) koma niður2) (to slope downwards: The hills descend to the sea.) halla niður á við3) ((with on) to make a sudden attack on: The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.) ráðast skyndilega á•- descent
- be descended from -
3 Negro
['ni:ɡrəu]feminine - Negress; noun(a name for a person belonging to or descended from the black-skinned race from the area of Africa south of the Sahara.) svertingi -
4 soul music
( also soul) (a type of music, descended from American Negro gospel songs, which has great emotion.) sól-tónlist -
5 tribe
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6 pedigree
['pediɡri:] 1. noun1) (a list of the ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended: a dog's pedigree.) ættartala2) (distinguished descent or ancestry: a man of pedigree.) göfugt ætterni2. adjective((of an animal) pure-bred; from a long line of ancestors of the same breed: a herd of pedigree cattle.) með góðan/göfugan uppruna; hreinræktaður -
7 ancestor
См. также в других словарях:
(be) descended from somebody — be desˈcended from sb derived to be related to sb who lived a long time ago • He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince. Main entry: ↑descendderived … Useful english dictionary
descended — adj. (cannot stand alone) 1) directly descended 2) descended from (descended from a royal family) * * * (cannot stand alone) directly descended descended from (descended from a royal family) … Combinatory dictionary
Descended — Descend De*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
descended — [[t]dɪse̱ndɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ from n A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them. She used to tell us that she was descended from some Scottish Lord but we thought she was bragging. 2) ADJ … English dictionary
be descended from — be a blood relative of (an ancestor). → descend … English new terms dictionary
come from a long line of — from a family with a history of, be descended from a dynasty of … English contemporary dictionary
descended — de·scend || dɪ send v. go down; be handed down (from generation to generation); lower oneself morally … English contemporary dictionary
Descent of Elizabeth II from William I — This list shows the most senior line of descent of Elizabeth II from William I of England. Each person on the list is the son or daughter of the person above him or her on the list. There are many other more junior lines of descent of the family … Wikipedia
Descent from antiquity — (DFA) is the project of establishing a well researched, generation by generation descent of living persons from people living in antiquity. It is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy. The idea is by no means new. Hellenistic… … Wikipedia
Descent from Genghis Khan — Genghis Khan portrait Descent from Genghis Khan (Mongolian: Алтан ураг, meaning Golden lineage or Tore) is traceable primarily in Central Asia. His four sons and other immediate descendants are famous by names and by deeds. Later Asian potentates … Wikipedia
descend from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms descend from : present tense I/you/we/they descend from he/she/it descends from present participle descending from past tense descended from past participle descended from 1) descend from someone/something… … English dictionary
