devica

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djèvica (Ijekavian)
• divica (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děʋit͡sa/

Noun

dèvica f (Cyrillic spelling дѐвица)

1. virgin
2. damsel, maid, maiden, girl

Declension

Declension of devica

	singular	plural
nominative	devica	device
genitive	device	devica
dative	devici	devicama
accusative	devicu	device
vocative	device	device
locative	devici	devicama
instrumental	devicom	devicama

Related terms

• déva
• dèvōjka

 

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *děvica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛʋìːt͡sa/

Noun

devíca f

1. virgin
2. damsel, maid, maiden, girl

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	devíca
gen. sing.	devíce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	devíca	devíci	devíce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	devíce	devíc	devíc
dative (dajȃlnik)	devíci	devícama	devícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	devíco	devíci	devíce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	devíci	devícah	devícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	devíco	devícama	devícami

Further reading

• “devica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024