dete
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *depta, contracted from Latin debita. The early contraction possibly also underlies in Old Occitan deuta, whereas Old Spanish debda was contracted at a later stage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈde.tə/
Noun
dete oblique singular, f (oblique plural detes, nominative singular dete, nominative plural detes)
- debt
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
- Ele paioit por li la dete.
- She paid the debt for him.
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
Noun
déte n (Cyrillic spelling де́те, relational adjective dèčjī)
Declension
Declension of dete
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | déte |
| genitive | dèteta |
| dative | detetu |
| accusative | dete |
| vocative | dȇte |
| locative | detetu |
| instrumental | detetom |
As opposed to other Slavic languages, in Serbo-Croatian dete does not have a plural – the collective noun deca is used instead.