divý

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See also: divy

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (natural, intact; feral, wild).

Adjective

divý

  1. feral, wild (about animals or plants)
  2. exuberant, self-righteous, unrestrained

Descendants

  • Slovak: divý

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “divý”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak divý, from Proto-Slavic *divъ (natural, intact; feral, wild).

Pronunciation

Adjective

divý (comparative divší, superlative najdivší)

  1. wild

Declension

Further reading

  • divý”, 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, 2024