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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дѣва (děva), from Proto-Slavic *děva.
Pronunciation
Noun
де́ва • (déva) f
- (archaic, now poetic) maiden, girl (unmarried young woman)
- Synonyms: дево́йка (devójka), мома́ (momá)
- (archaic) virgin
- Synonyms: де́вственица (dévstvenica), деви́ца (devíca)
- a Virgo (person with the zodiac sign)
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References
- “дева”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “дева”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дева”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva.
Pronunciation
Noun
де́ва • (déva) f (plural де́ви)
- virgin, maiden, maid
Declension
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References
- “дева” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
- “дева” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva.
Pronunciation
Noun
де́ва • (déva) f anim (genitive де́вы, nominative plural де́вы, genitive plural дев)
- (poetic) maiden, maid, virgin
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děːʋa/
- Hyphenation: де‧ва
Noun
де́ва f (Latin spelling déva)
- camel (mammal)
- Synonym: ка̀мила
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děːʋa/
- Hyphenation: де‧ва
Noun
де́ва f (Latin spelling déva)
- (poetic) maiden
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