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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dievka, děvka, from Proto-Slavic *děvъka. By surface analysis, děva + -ka. Doublet of dívka.
Pronunciation
Noun
děvka f
- whore
- Synonyms: kurva, prostitutka, nevěstka
- (obsolete, literary) maid
Declension
Declension of děvka (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- “děvka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “děvka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “děvka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)