дива

See also: дивя

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdivɐ]

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Noun

ди́ва • (díva) f (masculine див)

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

Declension

Declension of ди́ва

	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), volumes 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)

1. diva

Declension

Declension of ди́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ди́ва díva	ди́вы dívy
genitive	ди́вы dívy	ди́в dív
dative	ди́ве díve	ди́вам dívam
accusative	ди́ву dívu	ди́в dív
instrumental	ди́вой, ди́вою dívoj, dívoju	ди́вами dívami
prepositional	ди́ве díve	ди́вах dívax

Etymology 2

Noun

ди́ва • (díva) n inan or n inan pl

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

Etymology 3

Noun

ди́ва • (díva) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of див (div)