dijete

== Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === déte (Ekavian) díte (Ikavian) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dětę, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, suck”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /djěːte/ Hyphenation: dije‧te === Noun === dijéte n (Cyrillic spelling дије́те, diminutive djeténce) (Ijekavian) child, kid Synonym: (Croatia) otrok ==== Declension ==== As opposed to other Slavic languages, in Serbo-Croatian dijete does not have a plural – the collective noun djeca is used instead. === References === “dijete”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026