dete

Etymology
From, contracted from. The early contraction possibly also underlies in 🇨🇬, whereas 🇨🇬 was contracted at a later stage.

Noun

 * 1) debt

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) child, kid

Declension
As opposed to other Slavic languages, in Serbo-Croatian dete does not have a plural – the collective noun deca is used instead.