See also: дъва

Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

дѣва (děvaf

  1. virgin
  2. maiden

Declension edit

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdeːʋɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʋa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: дѣ‧ва

Noun edit

дѣва (děvaf

  1. maiden, damsel, virgin

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “дѣва”, 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 780

Russian edit

Noun edit

дѣ́ва (dě́vaf anim (genitive дѣ́вы, nominative plural дѣ́вы, genitive plural дѣвъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of де́ва (déva).

Declension edit