дев
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Declension edit
Declension of дев
Alternative forms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Related terms edit
- диване́ (divané, “brat, stuborn child”)
References edit
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “*девъ и дивъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 88
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дев, деф”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
дев • (dev) f anim pl
- genitive/accusative plural of де́ва (déva)
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
дев • (dev)
- short past adverbial perfective participle of деть (detʹ)