dě̀va

dě̀va Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `maiden, girl'

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Old Church Slavic:

děva `virgin, maiden' [f ā]

Russian:

déva (obs.) `girl, maiden, (D.) The Virgin, Virgo' [f ā]

Czech:

děva `girl, maiden' [f ā];

díva (dial.) `girl, maiden' [f ā]

Slovak:

deva `girl' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

djéva `girl, maiden' [f ā];

Čak. Dȋva (Marȉja) (Vrgada) `The Virgin (Mary)' [f ā] \{1\}

Slovene:

dẹ́va `maiden, virgin' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

déva `maiden, virgin' [f ā]

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Other cognates:

Gk. θη̃λυς `feminine' [adj];

Lat. fēcundus `fertile' [adj]

Notes:

\{1\} The noun djéva seems to be a hypercoristic of djèvōjka (RJA II 449-450) and cannot be regarded as a direct continuation of *dě̀va. The RJA has also djȅv (18th c.) [f i] and djȅva `virgo', which do not belong to the living language. The status of the accentuation of these words is unclear to me.