dievka

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• děvka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvъka. By surface analysis, děva +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɟi̯ɛːʋka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɟiːfka/

Noun

dievka f

1. girl
2. maiden

Declension

Declension of dievka (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dievka	dievcě	dievky
genitive	dievky	dievkú	dievek
dative	dievcě	dievkama	dievkám
accusative	dievku	dievcě	dievky
vocative	dievko	dievcě	dievky
locative	dievcě	dievkú	dievkách
instrumental	dievkú	dievkama	dievkami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: dívka, děvka

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “dievka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvъka, diminutive of *děva. Compare Polish dziewka and Russian дева (deva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɪ̯evka/, [ˈɟɪ̯eu̯ka]
• Rhymes: -ɪ̯evka
• Hyphenation: diev‧ka

Noun

dievka f (relational adjective dievocký, diminutive dievočka, augmentative dievčisko)

1. girl, maiden
2. daughter
3. used to address someone close to the speaker (term of endearment)

Declension

Declension of dievka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	dievka	dievky
genitive	dievky	dievok
dative	dievke	dievkam
accusative	dievku	dievky
locative	dievke	dievkach
instrumental	dievkou	dievkami

Further reading

• “dievka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026