дете

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈtɛ]

• Audio:

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Noun

дете́ • (deté) n (relational adjective де́тски or дети́нски)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of дете́

	singular	plural
indefinite	дете́ deté	деца́, дечи́ня1 decá, dečínja1
definite	дете́то detéto	деца́та, дечи́нята1 decáta, dečínjata1

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms

• дете- (dete-)
  • детегледа́ч m (detegledáč), детегледа́чка f (detegledáčka, “childminder, babysitter”)
• дете́нце (deténce, “small kid”)
• дети́нски (detínski, “childish”)

References

• “дете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “дете”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛ

Noun

дете • (dete) n (plural деца, relational adjective детски, diminutive детенце or детуле, augmentative детиште)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of дете

	singular	plural
indefinite	дете (dete)	деца (deca)
definite unspecified	детето (deteto)	децата (decata)
definite proximal	детево (detevo)	децава (decava)
definite distal	детено (deteno)	децана (decana)
vocative	дете (dete)	деца (deca)

Derived terms

• детенце n (detence)
• детенцуле n (detencule)
• детинест (detinest)
• детинесто (detinesto)
• детински (detinski)
• детиште n (detište)
• детска f (detska)
• детска соба f (detska soba)
• детски (detski)
• детство n (detstvo)
• детуле n (detule)
• детуленце n (detulence)
• дечар m (dečar)
• дечарка f (dečarka)
• дечиња pl (dečinja)
• дечишта pl (dečišta)
• здетини (zdetini)
• здетинува (zdetinuva)
• подетини (podetini)
• раздетини (razdetini)
• раздетинува (razdetinuva)
• се вдетини (se vdetini)
• се вдетинува (se vdetinuva)
• се детини (se detini)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• дије́те (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).

Noun

де́те n (Latin spelling déte, diminutive дете́нце, relational adjective дѐчјӣ)

1. child, kid

Declension

Declension of дете

	singular
nominative	де́те
genitive	дѐтета
dative	детету
accusative	дете
vocative	де̑те
locative	детету
instrumental	дететом

This word has no plural, but the collective noun дѐца is used instead.