дете

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈtɛ]

Noun

дете́ • (deté) n (related adjective де́тски or дети́нски)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of дете́

	singular	plural
indefinite	дете́ deté	деца́, дечи́ня1 decá, dečínja1
definite	дете́то detéto	деца́та, дечи́нята1 decáta, dečínjata1

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms

• дете- (dete-)
  • детегледа́ч m (detegledáč), детегледа́чка f (detegledáčka, “childminder, babysitter”)
• дете́нце (deténce, “small kid”)
• дети́нски (detínski, “childish”)

References

• дете in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• дете in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛ]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛ

Noun

дете • (dete) n (plural деца, related adjective детски, diminutive детенце or детуле, augmentative детиште)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of дете

	singular	plural
indefinite	дете	деца
definite unspecified	детето	децата
definite proximal	детево	децава
definite distal	детено	децана
vocative	дете	деца

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• дије́те (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Noun

де́те n (Latin spelling déte)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of дете

	singular
nominative	де́те
genitive	дѐтета
dative	детету
accusative	дете
vocative	де̑те
locative	детету
instrumental	дететом

This word has no plural, but the collective noun дѐца is used instead.