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дева

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дѣва (děva), from Proto-Slavic *děva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛvɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation(key): де‧ва

Noun

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де́ва (dévaf

  1. (archaic, now poetic) maiden, girl (unmarried young woman)
    Synonyms: дево́йка (devójka), мома́ (momá)
  2. (archaic) virgin
    Synonyms: де́вственица (dévstvenica), деви́ца (devíca)
  3. a Virgo (person with the zodiac sign)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • дева”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дева”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дева”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛva]
  • Hyphenation: де‧ва

Noun

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де́ва (dévaf (plural де́ви)

  1. virgin, maiden, maid

Declension

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Declension of дева
singular plural
indefinite дева (deva) деви (devi)
definite unspecified девата (devata) девите (devite)
definite proximal девава (devava) девиве (devive)
definite distal девана (devana) девине (devine)
vocative дево (devo) деви (devi)
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References

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  • дева” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • дева” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)

Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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де́ва (dévaf anim (genitive де́вы, nominative plural де́вы, genitive plural дев)

  1. (poetic) maiden, maid, virgin

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دوه (deve).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /děːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: де‧ва

Noun

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де́ва f (Latin spelling déva)

  1. camel (mammal)
    Synonym: ка̀мила
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děva, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /děːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: де‧ва

Noun

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де́ва f (Latin spelling déva)

  1. (poetic) maiden
Declension
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