дѣвица

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

дѣвица (děvicaf

  1. girl
  2. virgin

Declension

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːˈʋit͡sʲɑ//dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa//dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /deːˈʋit͡sʲɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/

  • Hyphenation: дѣ‧ви‧ца

Noun

дѣвица (děvicaf

  1. maid, maiden, damsel, virgin

Declension

Descendants

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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 780