дива
See also: дивя
Bulgarian
Etymology
See див m (div) (Etymologies 2 and 3).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdivɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ди́ва • (díva) f (masculine див)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ди́ва díva |
ди́ви dívi |
| definite | ди́вата dívata |
ди́вите dívite |
| vocative form | ди́во dívo |
ди́ви dívi |
Alternative forms
- самоди́ва (samodíva) — prefixed with само-
Coordinate terms
- ви́ла (víla), самови́ла (samovíla)
- ю́да (júda), самою́да (samojúda)
- ни́мфа (nímfa, “nymph”) (analogous creature from Greek mythology)
References
- “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][1] (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
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲivə]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), feminine of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
Noun
ди́ва • (díva) f anim (genitive ди́вы, nominative plural ди́вы, genitive plural див)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
ди́ва • (díva) n inan or n inan pl
- inflection of ди́во (dívo):
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Etymology 3
Noun
ди́ва • (díva) m anim
- genitive/accusative singular of див (div)