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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dětь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dēˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, suck”).
Noun
*dětь f[1]
- child
Declension
Declension of *dětь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dětь | *děti | *děti |
| Accusative | *dětь | *děti | *děti |
| Genitive | *děti | *dětьju, *děťu* | *dětьjь, *děti* |
| Locative | *děti | *dětьju, *děťu* | *dětьxъ |
| Dative | *děti | *dětьma | *dětьmъ |
| Instrumental | *dětьjǫ, *děťǫ* | *dětьma | *dětьmi |
| Vocative | *děti | *děti | *děti |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Usage notes
May have occurred only in the plural in Proto-Slavic (see *děti), with *dětę serving as the singular.
Derived terms
- *dětę (“child”)
- *dětęťь
- *děti (“children”)
- *dětinъ
- *dětinъ / *dětina / *dětino
- *dětinьcь
- *dětišče
- *dětiťь
- *dětъko / *dětъka
- *dětъva
- *dětьca / *dětьce / *dětьcь
- *dětьnъ
- *dětьskъ
- *dětьstvo
- *dětiťь
Related terms
- *dojiti (“to give milk, milk”)
- *děva (“maiden, girl”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: дѣть
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dial. děť
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дитя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “дети”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dětę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 12
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104: “Npl. f. ‘children’”