дива

See див m (div) (Etymologies 2 and 3).

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ди́ва • (díva) f (masculine див)

1. (folklore, mythology) fairy, nymph; some sort of daemon

• самоди́ва (samodíva) — prefixed with само-

• ви́ла (víla), самови́ла (samovíla)
• ю́да (júda), самою́да (samojúda)
• ни́мфа (nímfa, “nymph”) (analogous creature from Greek mythology)

• “дива”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “дива”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “ди́ва”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 291
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дива”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 384

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Borrowed from Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), feminine of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).

ди́ва • (díva) f anim (genitive ди́вы, nominative plural ди́вы, genitive plural див)

1. diva

ди́ва • (díva) n inan or n inan pl

1. inflection of ди́во (dívo):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

ди́ва • (díva) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of див (div)