Meaning of дзеўка | Babel Free
[ˈd͡zʲeu̯ka]Definitions
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maid (a female servant) archaic
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wench (a girl or young woman of a lower class) archaic
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spinster (a woman who has never been married) colloquial
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broad, doxy, hussy, slut, whore (a young woman of loose morals) vulgar
Examples
“Дава́й тут камыса́р праси́ць па́на, каб ё́н прада́ў ту́ю дзѣ́ўку ему́; дае́ мнǒґо ґро́шэй и ўсю сваю́ земе́льку, што дастала́са ат ба́цька.”
Now the commissar started begging the landowner to sell that serf girl to him, offering a lot of money and all his land that he got from his father.
“Heta ŭsim jak jość wiadoma, Zdaŭna tak wiadziecca, — Pjuć i baby, pjuć i dzieŭki, Kali dawiadziecca.”
It's well known to everyone, As a custom from the old days: Both countrywomen and wenches are drinkers, When an opportunity arises.
“Byla to nádherná podívaná, byl u toho jeden nábožný major od pluku, kde Otto Katz sloužil, jedna stará panna z ústavu šlechtičen na Hradčanech a nějaký otlemený zástupce konzistoře, který mu dělal kmotra.”
It was a magnificent spectacle; it was attended by a pious major from the regiment where Otto Katz served, an old maid from the Institute of Gentlewomen on the Hradcany and a large-jowled representative of the consistory, who acted as his godfather.
“Дзеўка ніяк не магла выйсці замуж. Каму падабалася яна, тыя не падабаліся ёй; а з тых, хто падабаўся ёй, ніводны не ўпадабаў яе.”
A single girl had a hard time getting married. Those who liked her, were not up to her tastes; and of those whom she liked, nobody liked her.
“"I know very little good of her, Sir," croaked Mrs. Pipchin. "How dare you come here, you hussy? Go along with you!"”
“He inquired how many persons the gang numbered now. The "Ruffler," or chief, answered—"Five and twenty sturdy budges, bulks, files, clapperdogeons and maunders, counting the dells and doxies and other morts. Most are here, the rest are wandering eastward, along the winter lay. We follow at dawn."”
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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