From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).
дете́ • (deté) n (relational adjective де́тски or дети́нски)
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | дете́ deté |
деца́, дечи́ня1 decá, dečínja1 |
definite | дете́то detéto |
деца́та, дечи́нята1 decáta, dečínjata1 |
1Dialectal.
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
дете • (dete) n (plural деца, relational adjective детски, diminutive детенце or детуле, augmentative детиште)
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | дете (dete) | деца (deca) |
definite unspecified | детето (deteto) | децата (decata) |
definite proximal | детево (detevo) | децава (decava) |
definite distal | детено (deteno) | децана (decana) |
vocative | дете (dete) | деца (deca) |
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
де́те n (Latin spelling déte, relational adjective дѐчјӣ, diminutive дете́нце)
This word has no plural, but the collective noun дѐца is used instead.