дивовижа

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Ukrainian

Etymology

A compound derived from Proto-Slavic *dȋvo and *viděti, cognate with obsolete Polish dziwowidz and dziwowid.

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Adjective

дивови́жа (dyvovýžaf inan (genitive дивови́жі, nominative plural дивови́жі, genitive plural дивови́ж)

  1. (countable) curiosity, oddity, wonder
    Synonyms: ди́во n (dývo), дико́вина f (dykóvyna)
  2. (uncountable) surprise
    Synonym: здивува́ння n (zdyvuvánnja)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “дивовижа”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 67

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