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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɛˈtɛ]
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Noun

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дете́ (detén (relational adjective де́тски or дети́нски)

  1. child, kid

Declension

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Declension of дете́
singular plural
indefinite дете́
deté
деца́, дечи́ня1
decá, dečínja1
definite дете́то
detéto
деца́та, дечи́нята1
decáta, dečínjata1

1Dialectal.

Derived terms

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References

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  • дете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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дете (deten (plural деца, relational adjective детски, diminutive детенце or детуле, augmentative детиште)

  1. child, kid

Declension

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Declension of дете
singular plural
indefinite дете (dete) деца (deca)
definite unspecified детето (deteto) децата (decata)
definite proximal детево (detevo) децава (decava)
definite distal детено (deteno) децана (decana)
vocative дете (dete) деца (deca)

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (to suck, suckle).

Noun

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де́те n (Latin spelling déte, diminutive дете́нце, relational adjective дѐчјӣ)

  1. child, kid

Declension

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This word has no plural, but the collective noun дѐца is used instead.