Dęds [?] (gender unknown)
original: дѫдс
Bagpipe (unknown type)
Term in Kuhač, according to whom it is an Old Slavic name for a bagpipe; NB: Like in Polsh, the "ę" is a nasal vowel, pronounced more or less like "in" in French “cinq" (5). The nearest equivalent of this pronuncation in English seems to be the word "bank" (IPA: /'bæŋk/).
Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.91 (➺ douda; altslaw. der Dudelsack).
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