dete
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈde.tə/
Noun
dete f (oblique plural detes, nominative singular dete, nominative plural detes)
- debt
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
- Ele paioit por li la dete.
- She paid the debt for him.
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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): dijéte
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to suck, suckle”).
Declension
Declension of dete
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | déte |
| genitive | dèteta |
| dative | detetu |
| accusative | dete |
| vocative | dȇte |
| locative | detetu |
| instrumental | detetom |
As opposed to other Slavic languages, in Serbo-Croatian dete does not have a plural – the collective noun deca is used instead.
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