дѣва

See also: дъва

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰴⱑⰲⰰ (děva)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děva (“maiden, girl”).

Noun

дѣва • (děva) f

1. virgin
2. maiden

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děva (“maiden, girl”).

Noun

дѣва (děva) f

1. maiden, damsel, virgin

Synonyms

• дѣваꙗ (děvaja)

Descendants

• Russian: де́ва (déva)
• Ukrainian: діва (diva)

References

• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “дѣва”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 780