дѣва

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See also: дъва

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

дѣва • (děva) f

  1. virgin
  2. maiden

Declension

Declension of дѣва (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative дѣва
děva 		дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвꙑ
děvy
genitive дѣвꙑ
děvy 		дѣвоу
děvu 		дѣвъ
děvŭ
dative дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвама
děvama 		дѣвамъ
děvamŭ
accusative дѣвѫ
děvǫ 		дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвꙑ
děvy
instrumental дѣвоѭ
děvojǫ 		дѣвама
děvama 		дѣвами
děvami
locative дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвоу
děvu 		дѣвахъ
děvaxŭ
vocative дѣво
děvo 		дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвꙑ
děvy

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

Declension of дѣва (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative дѣва
děva 		дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвꙑ
děvy
Genitive дѣвꙑ
děvy 		дѣву
děvu 		дѣвъ
děvŭ
Dative дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвама
děvama 		дѣвамъ
děvamŭ
Accusative дѣвѫ
děvǫ 		дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвꙑ
děvy
Instrumental дѣвоѭ
děvojǫ 		дѣвама
děvama 		дѣвами
děvami
Locative дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣву
děvu 		дѣвахъ
děvaxŭ
Vocative дѣво
děvo 		дѣвѣ
děvě 		дѣвꙑ
děvy

Synonyms

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

Pre-reform declension of дѣ́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дѣ́ва
dě́va 		дѣ́вы
dě́vy
genitive дѣ́вы
dě́vy 		дѣ́въ
dě́v
dative дѣ́вѣ
dě́vě 		дѣ́вамъ
dě́vam
accusative дѣ́ву
dě́vu 		дѣ́въ
dě́v
instrumental дѣ́вой, дѣ́вою
dě́voj, dě́voju 		дѣ́вами
dě́vami
prepositional дѣ́вѣ
dě́vě 		дѣ́вахъ
dě́vax
vocative дѣ́во
dě́vo
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