dijete

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): déte

Etymology

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

Noun

dijéte n (Cyrillic spelling дије́те)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of dijete

	singular
nominative	dijète
genitive	djèteta
dative	djètetu
accusative	dijète
vocative	dìjēte
locative	djètetu
instrumental	djètetom

As opposed to other Slavic languages, in Serbo-Croatian dijete does not have a plural – the collective noun djeca is used instead.

Synonyms

• (Croatia) otrok