дѣвица

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

(Glagolitic): ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ (děvica)

Etymology

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

Noun

дѣвица • (děvica) f

girl
virgin

Declension

Declension of дѣвица (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	дѣвица děvica	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицѧ děvicę
genitive	дѣвицѧ děvicę	дѣвицоу děvicu	дѣвиць děvicĭ
dative	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицама děvicama	дѣвицамъ děvicamŭ
accusative	дѣвицѫ děvicǫ	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицѧ děvicę
instrumental	дѣвицеѭ děvicejǫ	дѣвицама děvicama	дѣвицами děvicami
locative	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицоу děvicu	дѣвицахъ děvicaxŭ
vocative	дѣвице děvice	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицѧ děvicę

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

дивица (divica)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /deːˈʋit͡sʲɑ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/
Hyphenation: дѣ‧ви‧ца

Noun

дѣвица (děvica) f

maid, maiden, damsel, virgin

Declension

Declension of дѣвица (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	дѣвица děvica	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицѣ děvicě
Genitive	дѣвицѣ děvicě	дѣвицу děvicu	дѣвиць děvicĭ
Dative	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицама děvicama	дѣвицамъ děvicamŭ
Accusative	дѣвицѫ děvicǫ	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицѣ děvicě
Instrumental	дѣвицеѭ děvicejǫ	дѣвицама děvicama	дѣвицами děvicami
Locative	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицу děvicu	дѣвицахъ děvicaxŭ
Vocative	дѣвице děvice	дѣвици děvici	дѣвицѣ děvicě

Descendants

Belarusian: дзяві́ца (dzjavíca)
Russian: деви́ца (devíca), де́вица (dévica)
Ukrainian: діви́ця (divýcja)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дѣвица”, 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

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