Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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дѣвица (děvicaf

  1. girl
  2. virgin

Declension

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Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deːˈʋit͡sʲɑ//dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa//dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /deːˈʋit͡sʲɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /dʲeːˈʋʲit͡sʲa/

  • Hyphenation: дѣ‧ви‧ца

Noun

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дѣвица (děvicaf

  1. maid, maiden, damsel, virgin

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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