dievka
Old Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvъka. By surface analysis, děva + -ka.
Pronunciation
Noun
dievka f
Declension
Declension of dievka (hard a-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dievka | dievcě | dievky |
| genitive | dievky | dievkú | dievek |
| dative | dievcě | dievkama | dievkám |
| accusative | dievku | dievcě | dievky |
| vocative | dievko | dievcě | dievky |
| locative | dievcě | dievkú | dievkách |
| instrumental | dievkú | dievkama | dievkami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “dievka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvъka, diminutive of *děva. Compare Polish dziewka and Russian дева (deva).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɟi̯eʋka]
Noun
dievka f (relational adjective dievocký, diminutive dievočka, augmentative dievčisko)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dievka | dievky |
| genitive | dievky | dievok |
| dative | dievke | dievkam |
| accusative | dievku | dievky |
| locative | dievke | dievkach |
| instrumental | dievkou | dievkami |
Further reading
- “dievka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025