divný

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech divný, from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ. Compare Slovak divný, Polish dziwny.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: div‧ný

Adjective

divný (comparative divnější, superlative nejdivnější, adverb divně)

  1. strange, odd, surprising
  2. queer, weird
  3. fishy, suspicious

Declension

Further reading

  • divný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • divný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • divný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɟiʋnɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɟivniː/, /ˈɟivnɛj/

Adjective

divný (short form diven, comparative divnější, superlative najdivnější, short comparative divnějí)

  1. strange, odd

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: divný

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ. Compare Czech divný, Polish dziwny.

Pronunciation

Adjective

divný (comparative divnejší, superlative najdivnejší, adverb divnedivno)

  1. strange, odd, surprising
  2. queer, weird
  3. fishy, suspicious

Declension

Further reading

  • divný”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024