Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dèvica f (Cyrillic spelling дѐвица)

  1. virgin
  2. damsel, maid, maiden, girl

Declension

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Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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devíca f

  1. virgin
  2. damsel, maid, maiden, girl

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. devíca
gen. sing. devíce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
devíca devíci devíce
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
devíce devíc devíc
dative
(dajȃlnik)
devíci devícama devícam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
devíco devíci devíce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
devíci devícah devícah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
devíco devícama devícami

Further reading

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  • devica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran