дѣвица

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ (děvica)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děvica (“girl, maiden”).

Noun

дѣвица • (děvica) f

1. girl
2. virgin

Declension

Declension of дѣвица (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ꙗ děvic{{{2}}}ja	дѣвиц{{{2}}}и děvic{{{2}}}i	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ѩ děvic{{{2}}}ję
genitive	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ѩ děvic{{{2}}}ję	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ю děvic{{{2}}}ju	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ь děvic{{{2}}}ĭ
dative	дѣвиц{{{2}}}и děvic{{{2}}}i	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ꙗма děvic{{{2}}}jama	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ꙗмъ děvic{{{2}}}jamŭ
accusative	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ѭ děvic{{{2}}}jǫ	дѣвиц{{{2}}}и děvic{{{2}}}i	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ѩ děvic{{{2}}}ję
instrumental	дѣвиц{{{2}}}еѭ děvic{{{2}}}ejǫ	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ꙗма děvic{{{2}}}jama	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ꙗми děvic{{{2}}}jami
locative	дѣвиц{{{2}}}и děvic{{{2}}}i	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ю děvic{{{2}}}ju	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ꙗхъ děvic{{{2}}}jaxŭ
vocative	дѣвиц{{{2}}}е děvic{{{2}}}e	дѣвиц{{{2}}}и děvic{{{2}}}i	дѣвиц{{{2}}}ѩ děvic{{{2}}}ję

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• дивица (divica)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děvica (“girl, maiden”).

Noun

дѣвица (děvica) f

1. maid, maiden, damsel, virgin

Descendants

• Belarusian: дзяві́ца (dzjavíca)
• Russian: деви́ца (devíca), де́вица (dévica)
• Ukrainian: діви́ця (divýcja)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дѣвица”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 780