Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děvica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *děva +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*děvìca f^[1]

girl, maiden

Inflection

Declension of *děvìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*děvìca	*děvìci	*děvìcę̇
genitive	*děvìcę̇	*děvìcu	*děvìcь
dative	*děvìcī	*děvìcama	*děvìcāmъ
accusative	*děvìcǫ	*děvìci	*děvìcę̇
instrumental	děvìcējǫ, děvìcǭ^*	*děvìcama	*děvìcāmī
locative	*děvìcī	*děvìcu	*děvìcāsъ
vocative	*děvìce	*děvìci	*děvìcę̇

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*děvičь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣви́ца (děvíca), диви́ца (divíca)
  - Belarusian: дзяві́ца (dzjavíca)
  - Russian: деви́ца (devíca), де́вица (dévica) (folklore, poetic)
  - Ukrainian: діви́ця (divýcja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: дѣвица (děvica)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ (děvica)
- Bulgarian: деви́ца (devíca)
- Macedonian: де́вица (dévica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дѐвица, дјѐвица
  
  Latin: dèvica, djèvica, divica
- Slovene: devíca (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: děvicě
  - Czech: děvice
- Polish: dziewica
- Slovak: devica
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: dzéwica
  - Slovincian: dzêwjica

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*děvìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “f. ā (a) ‘maiden, girl’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*děvìca”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “f. ā (a) ‘maiden, girl’”

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