Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děvica
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Noun
*děvìca f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *děvìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *děvìca | *děvìci | *děvìcę̇ |
| genitive | *děvìcę̇ | *děvìcu | *děvìcь |
| dative | *děvìcī | *děvìcama | *děvìcāmъ |
| accusative | *děvìcǫ | *děvìci | *děvìcę̇ |
| instrumental | *děvìcējǫ, *děvìcǭ* | *děvìcama | *děvìcāmī |
| locative | *děvìcī | *děvìcu | *děvìcāsъ |
| vocative | *děvìce | *děvìci | *děvìcę̇ |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*děvica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 05 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*děvìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 105: “f. ā (a) ‘maiden, girl’”