дѣва

See also: дъва

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

дѣва • (děva) f

  1. virgin
  2. maiden

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

дѣва (děva) f

  1. maiden, damsel, virgin

Declension

Synonyms

  • дѣваꙗ (děvaja)

Descendants

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

References

  • 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] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 780

Russian

Noun

дѣ́ва • (dě́va) f anim (genitive дѣ́вы, nominative plural дѣ́вы, genitive plural дѣвъ)

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

Declension

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