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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvica.
Pronunciation
Noun
діви́ця • (divýcja) f pers (genitive діви́ці, nominative plural діви́ці, genitive plural діви́ць)
- (folklore, poetic, sometimes derogatory) damsel, maid, maiden, girl
Declension
Declension of діви́ця (pers soft fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дівиця”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “дівиця”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “дівиця”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “дівиця”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “дівиця”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “дівиця”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “дівиця”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)