дете

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈtɛ/

Noun

дете • (dete) n

1. child, kid, kiddie, nipper

Inflection

Inflection of дете

	singular	plural
indefinite	дете	деца
definite	детето	децата

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛ]

Noun

дете • (dete) n (plural деца)

1. child, kid

Inflection

Declension of дете

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

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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.