дѣва

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Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *děva (maiden, girl).

Noun[edit]

дѣва (děvaf

  1. virgin
  2. maiden

Declension[edit]

Old East Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *děva (maiden, girl).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdeːʋɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʋa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: дѣ‧ва

Noun[edit]

дѣва (děvaf

  1. maiden, damsel, virgin

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Russian: де́ва (déva)
  • Ukrainian: діва (diva)

References[edit]

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дѣва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 780

Russian[edit]

Noun[edit]

дѣ́ва (dě́vaf anim (genitive дѣ́вы, nominative plural дѣ́вы, genitive plural дѣвъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of де́ва (déva).

Declension[edit]