див

• IPA^(key): [dif]

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From Proto-Slavic *divъ (“wild”).

див • (div)

1. wild, untamed

   Synonyms: (dialectal) дик (dik), необузда́н (neobuzdán)

   Antonym: пи́томен (pítomen)

   ди́во живо́тно ― dívo živótno ― wild animal

   ди́ва коко́шка ― díva kokóška ― partridge (literally, “wild hen”)

   див кон ― div kon ― mustang (literally, “wild horse”)

   ди́во расте́ние ― dívo rasténie ― wild plant

   див лук, див че́сън ― div luk, div čésǎn ― ramsons (literally, “wild leek, wild garlic”)

   див о́рех ― div óreh ― ailanthus (literally, “wild chesnut”)

   див бъз ― div bǎz ― danewort (literally, “wild elderberry”)

   Ди́вия за́пад ― Dívija západ ― (the) Wild west

   Ди́вата приро́да ― Dívata priróda ― (the) Wild nature

2. animalistic

   Synonym: животи́нски (životínski)

   див инсти́нкт ― div instínkt ― animal-like instinct

3. (figurative) savage, barbaric, uncivilized

   Synonyms: свиреп (svirep), подивял (podivjal)

   ди́во пле́ме ― dívo pléme ― uncivilized tribe

4. (abstract) primitive, inchoate, wild and woolly
5. (abstract) pristine, unspoiled by humans

   ди́ви поля́ ― dívi poljá ― pristine fields

   ди́ви гори́ ― dívi gorí ― pristine forests

• “див”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “див”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “див¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 381

Uncertain. Per BER, native, perhaps inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (“some kind of evil spirit”) of further etymology unclear. Cognate with Old East Slavic дивъ (divŭ, “spirit”).

див • (div) m (feminine ди́ва or диви́ня)

1. (dialectal, mythology) evil spirit, monster

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “див²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 384

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div, “demon; giant”), of Iranian origin. Compare Serbo-Croatian ди̏в (“giant”). First attested in the 15 century.

див • (div) m

1. (dialectal, folklore) alternative form of дев (dev, “demihuman”) (folklore personage with extraordinary capabilities, attested in tales and legends) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

In modern folklore, there is no strict distinction between Etymology 2 and Etymology 3.

• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1908), “*девъ и дивъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 88

• вид (vid)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ.

• IPA^(key): [dif]
• Rhymes: -if

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

1. wild, untamed

   диво животно ― divo životno ― wild animal

2. animalistic, wild
3. deserted (place)
4. savage, barbaric, uncivilized

   Synonym: свиреп (svirep)

   диво племе ― divo pleme ― uncivilized tribe

5. strange, weird, antisocial (for a person)
6. (abstract) primitive, inchoate, wild and woolly
7. (abstract) pristine, unspoiled by humans

   диви гори ― divi gori ― pristine forests

8. illegal

   дива градба ― diva gradba ― illegal building

• IPA^(key): [dʲif]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (“evil spirit”)

див • (div) m anim (genitive ди́ва, nominative plural ди́вы, genitive plural ди́вов)

1. (mythology, folklore) demon, harbinger of misfortune

   Synonym: дэв (dɛv)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “див”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

див • (div) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of ди́во (dívo)

див • (div) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of ди́ва (díva)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (dev, div), borrowed from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós.

• IPA^(key): /dîʋ/

ди̏в m anim (Latin spelling dȉv)

1. giant

• дѝвовскӣ

• Skok, Petar (1971–1974), “div”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1–4 (A – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 409