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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
дете́ • (deté) n (relational adjective де́тски or дети́нски)
- child, kid
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “дете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “дете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
дете • (dete) n (plural деца, relational adjective детски, diminutive детенце or детуле, augmentative детиште)
- child, kid
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
Noun
де́те n (Latin spelling déte, relational adjective дѐчјӣ)
- child, kid
Declension
This word has no plural, but the collective noun дѐца is used instead.