девица

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

деви́ца (devícaf

  1. virgin, young girl, maiden

Declension

References

  • девица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • девица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvica (maiden, girl).

Pronunciation

Noun

девица (devicaf (relational adjective девствен)

  1. virgin
  2. maiden
  3. (astrology) Virgo

Declension

Declension of девица
singular plural
indefinite девица (devica) девици (devici)
definite unspecified девицата (devicata) девиците (devicite)
definite proximal девицава (devicava) девициве (devicive)
definite distal девицана (devicana) девицине (devicine)
vocative девицо (devico) девици (devici)

See also

Zodiac signs in Macedonian (layout · text)
о́вен (óven) бик (bik) бли́знаци (blíznaci) рак (rak)
лав (lav) де́вица (dévica) ва́га/тере́зија (vága/terézija) ско́рпија (skórpija)
стре́лец (strélec) ја́рец (járec) водо́лија/водо́леец (vodólija/vodóleec) ри́би (ríbi)

References

  • девица”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎ (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 53
  • девица” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

  • деви́ца: IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • де́вица: IPA(key): (folklore or ironic)

Noun

деви́ца or де́вица (devíca or dévicaf anim (genitive деви́цы or де́вицы, nominative plural деви́цы or де́вицы, genitive plural деви́ц or де́виц, relational adjective деви́чий or де́вичий)

  1. damsel, maid, maiden, girl
    Synonyms: де́ва (déva), де́вушка (dévuška), ба́рышня (báryšnja)
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 5:42:
      И девица тотчас встала и начала ходить, ибо была лет двенадцати. Видевшие пришли в великое изумление.
      I devica totčas vstala i načala xoditʹ, ibo byla let dvenadcati. Videvšije prišli v velikoje izumlenije.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • The word is dated, with the де́вица pronunciation sounding particularly archaic.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

Noun

дѐвица f (Latin spelling dèvica)

  1. virgin
  2. damsel, maid, maiden, girl

Declension