девка
See also: děvka
Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲefkə]
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Noun
де́вка • (dévka) f anim (genitive де́вки, nominative plural де́вки, genitive plural де́вок)
- (archaic or low colloquial, derogatory) wench, broad
- 1790, Денис Фонвизин, “Действие первое. Явление II”, in Выбор Гувернёра; English translation from C. E. Bechhofer Roberts, transl., The Choice of a Tutor, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1916:
- Де́вка! позови́ сюда́ князь Васи́лья.
- Dévka! pozoví sjudá knjazʹ Vasílʹja.
- Maid! Call Count Basil here.
- (vulgar) whore, tart, strumpet
- Synonym: проститу́тка (prostitútka)
Declension
Declension of де́вка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Related terms
- де́ва (déva)
Descendants
- Taimyr Pidgin Russian: девка (devka)
Taimyr Pidgin Russian
Etymology
Noun
девка (devka)
References
- Stern, Dieter. (2005). "Taimyr Pidgin Russian (Govorka)", in Russian Linguistics, 29 (3): 289–318.