Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děvica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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
Accusative	*děvìcǫ	*děvìci	*děvìcę̇
Genitive	*děvìcę̇	*děvìcu	*děvìcь
Locative	*děvìcī	*děvìcu	*děvìcāsъ
Dative	*děvìcī	*děvìcama	*děvìcāmъ
Instrumental	děvìcējǫ, děvìcǭ^*	*děvìcama	*děvìcāmī
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: дѣвица (děvica), дивица (divica)
  - Belarusian: дзяві́ца (dzjavíca)
  - Russian: деви́ца (devíca), де́вица (dévica) (folklore, poetic)
  - Ukrainian: діви́ца (divýca)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: дѣвица (děvica)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰴⱑⰲⰹⱌⰰ (děvica)
- Bulgarian: деви́ца (devíca)
- Macedonian: девица (devica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дјѐвица, дѐвица
  
  Latin: djèvica, dèvica, divica
- Slovene: devíca (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: děvice
- Polish: dziewica
- Slovak: devica
- Slovincian: ʒìe̯vjică

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’”

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[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’”