děvìca

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

Page in Trubačev: V 19-20

Old Church Slavic:

děvica `virgin, maiden, girl' [f jā]

Russian:

devíca (obs.) `unmarried woman, girl' [f jā]

Old Czech:

děvice `girl, maiden' [f jā]

Polish:

dziewica `virgin, maiden' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

djèvica `girl, maiden, virgin' [f jā];

Čak. Divȉca (Vrgada) `The Holy Virgin' [f jā]

Slovene:

dẹvíca `maiden, virgin' [f jā]

Bulgarian:

devíca `maiden, virgin, girl' [f jā]

Indo-European reconstruction: dʰh₁

Page in Pokorny: 241

Notes:

Gk. θη̃λυς `feminine' [adj]; Lat. fēcundus `fertile' [adj]