BulgarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *divъ (wild).

AdjectiveEdit

див (div)

  1. wild, untamed
    Synonyms: (dialectal) дик (dik), необузда́н (neobuzdán)
    Antonym: пи́томен (pítomen)
    ди́во живо́тноdívo živótnowild animal
    ди́ва коко́шкаdíva kokóškapartridge (literally, “wild hen”)
    див конdiv konmustang (literally, “wild horse”)
    ди́во расте́ниеdívo rasténiewild plant
    див лук, див че́сънdiv luk, div čésǎnramsons (literally, “wild leek, wild garlic”)
    див о́рехdiv órehailanthus (literally, “wild chesnut”)
    див бъзdiv bǎzdanewort (literally, “wild elderberry”)
    Ди́вия за́падDívija západ(the) Wild west
    Ди́вата приро́даDívata priróda(the) Wild nature
  2. animalistic
    Synonym: животи́нски (životínski)
    див инсти́нктdiv instínktanimal-like instinct
  3. (figuratively) savage, barbaric, uncivilized
    Synonyms: свиреп (svirep), подивял (podivjal)
    ди́во пле́меdívo plémeuncivilized tribe
  4. (abstract) primitive, inchoate, wild and woolly
  5. (abstract) pristine, unspoiled by humans
    ди́ви поля́dívi poljápristine fields
    ди́ви гори́dívi gorípristine forests
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Etymology 2Edit

 
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NounEdit

див (divm (feminine ди́ва or диви́ня)

  1. (archaic, mythology) supernatural being (usually vengeful in nature)
  2. (dialectal, folklore) demihuman (folklore personage with extraordinary capabilities, attested in tales and legends)
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MacedonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *divъ.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

див (div) (comparative подив, superlative најдив, abstract noun дивина)

  1. wild, untamed
    диво животноdivo životnowild animal
  2. animalistic, wild
  3. deserted (place)
  4. savage, barbaric, uncivilized
    Synonym: свиреп (svirep)
    диво племеdivo plemeuncivilized tribe
  5. strange, weird, antisocial (for a person)
  6. (abstract) primitive, inchoate, wild and woolly
  7. (abstract) pristine, unspoiled by humans
    диви гориdivi goripristine forests
  8. illegal
    дива градбаdiva gradbaillegal building

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RussianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (evil spirit)

NounEdit

див (divm anim (genitive ди́ва, nominative plural ди́вы, genitive plural ди́вов)

  1. (mythology, folk lore) demon
    Synonym: дэв (dɛv)
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Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

див (divn inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ди́во (dívo)

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

див (divf anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of ди́ва (díva)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish دیو(div), from Persian دیو(div), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

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NounEdit

ди̏в m (Latin spelling dȉv)

  1. giant

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