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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děva
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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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”), whence also Latin femina, Hittite 𒋼𒂊𒋫𒀭 (te-e-ta-an), Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”) and Old Armenian դիեմ (diem).
Original meaning was thus "one that can suckle, nurse". Compare *dojiti (“to give milk, nurse, breastfeed”).
Declension
Declension of *dě̀va (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dě̀va | *dě̀vě | *dě̀vy |
| Accusative | *dě̀vǫ | *dě̀vě | *dě̀vy |
| Genitive | *dě̀vy | *dě̀vu | *dě̀vъ |
| Locative | *dě̀vě | *dě̀vu | *dě̀vasъ, *dě̀vaxъ* |
| Dative | *dě̀vě | *dě̀vama | *dě̀vamъ |
| Instrumental | *dě̀vojǫ, *dě̀vǭ** | *dě̀vama | *dě̀vamī |
| Vocative | *dě̀vo | *dě̀vě | *dě̀vy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
- *děvica
- *děvoja
- *děvosnubъ
- *děvovati
- *děvuxa
- *děvъka
- *děvъjь
- *děvьstvo
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “дева”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1978), “*děva”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 05, Moscow: Nauka, page 17
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dě̀va”, 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’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “děva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 110)”
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