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Old East Slavic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːʋkɑ/→/ˈdʲeːʋka/→/ˈdʲeːʋka/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdeːʋkɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʋka/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʋka/
Noun
дѣвка (děvka) f
- young woman, girl
- 12th century, The Tale of Igor's Campaign, 10
- Съ заранія въ пятъкъ потопташа поганыя плъкы Половецкыя и рассушясь стрѣлами по полю, помчаша красныя дѣвкы Половецкыя, а съ ними злато, и паволокы, и драгыя оксамиты.
- virgin
- daughter
Declension
Declension of дѣвка (hard a-stem)
Descendants