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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *divъ (“intact, wild; feral, wild”) + *-ьjь.
Adjective
*divь[1][2]
- alternative form of *divъ (“intact, wild; feral, wild; unpopulated, uncultivated; savage, fierce”)
Declension
Indefinite declension of *divь (soft)
singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*divь
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*diva
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*dive
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genitive
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*diva
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*divę̇
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*diva
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dative
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*divu
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*divi
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*divu
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accusative
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*divь
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*divǫ
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*dive
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instrumental
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*divemь
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*divejǫ
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*divemь
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locative
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*divi
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*divi
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*divi
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vocative
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*divu
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*dive
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*dive
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dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*diva
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*divi
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*divi
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genitive
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*divu
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*divu
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*divu
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dative
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*divema
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*divama
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*divema
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accusative
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*diva
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*divi
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*divi
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instrumental
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*divema
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*divama
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*divema
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locative
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*divu
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*divu
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*divu
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vocative
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*diva
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*divi
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*divi
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*divi
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*divę̇
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*diva
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genitive
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*divь
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*divь
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*divь
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dative
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*divemъ
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*divamъ
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*divemъ
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accusative
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*divę̇
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*divę̇
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*diva
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instrumental
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*divi
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*divami
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*divi
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locative
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*divixъ
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*divaxъ
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*divixъ
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vocative
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*divi
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*divę̇
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*diva
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Definite declension of *divь (soft)
singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*divьjь
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*divaja
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*diveje
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genitive
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*divajego
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*divę̇ję̇
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*divajego
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dative
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*divujemu
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*diviji
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*divujemu
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accusative
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*divьjь
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*divǫjǫ
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*diveje
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instrumental
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*divijimь
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*divǫjǫ
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*divijimь
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locative
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*divijemь
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*diviji
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*divijemь
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vocative
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*divьjь
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*divaja
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*diveje
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dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*divaja
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*diviji
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*diviji
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genitive
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*divuju
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*divuju
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*divuju
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dative
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*divijima
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*divijima
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*divijima
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accusative
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*divaja
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*diviji
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*diviji
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instrumental
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*divijima
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*divijima
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*divijima
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locative
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*divuju
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*divuju
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*divuju
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vocative
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*divaja
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*diviji
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*diviji
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*diviji
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*divę̇ję̇
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*divaja
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genitive
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*divьjixъ
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*divьjixъ
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*divьjixъ
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dative
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*divijimъ
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*divijimъ
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*divijimъ
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accusative
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*divę̇ję̇
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*divę̇ję̇
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*divaja
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instrumental
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*divijimi
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*divijimi
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*divijimi
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locative
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*divijixъ
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*divijixъ
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*divijixъ
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vocative
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*diviji
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*divę̇ję̇
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*divaja
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дивь (divĭ)
- Ukrainian: дівіи (diviy) (dated)
- Russian: ди́вий (dívij) (obsolete)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: дивь (divĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: дѝваљ
- Latin script: dìvalj, dìvijī
- Slovene: dívji (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “divji”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dívьjь”
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divъ 4, divьjь (div'ь)”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 228