дикий

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dikъ.

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Adjective

ди́кий (díkij) (rare/awkward comparative (по)диче́е or (по)диче́й or (по)ди́че)

  1. wild, savage
    • 1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter I, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:
      Ми́рный чино́вник, прожи́вший ти́хо и бесцве́тно треть ве́ка, ощути́л вдруг в себе́ ду́шу предприи́мчивого и свобо́дного охо́тника ди́ких пусты́нь, — геро́я Ку́пера и́ли Майн Ри́да.
      Mírnyj činóvnik, prožívšij tíxo i bescvétno tretʹ véka, oščutíl vdrug v sebé dúšu predpriímčivovo i svobódnovo oxótnika díkix pustýnʹ, — gerója Kúpera íli Majn Rída.
      The law-abiding official, who had lived quietly and colourlessly for the third of a century, suddenly felt within him the spirit of a venturesome and untrammelled hunter in wild deserts,—a hero of Cooper or Mayne-Reid.
  2. uncivilized
  3. odd, bizarre
  4. outrageous

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: diikkoi

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dikъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ди́кий (dýkyj) (adverb ди́ко, abstract noun ди́кість)

  1. wild, savage

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