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Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ (“natural, intact; feral, wild”).
Adjective
divý
- feral, wild (about animals or plants)
- exuberant, self-righteous, unrestrained
Descendants
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, adverb divo)
- wild
Declension
Declension of divý (hard-long)
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, 2003–2025