dikъ

dikъ Grammatical information: adj. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `wild'

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Church Slavic:

dikyi (RuCS) `wild, rude' [adj o]

Russian:

díkij `wild' [adj o], diká [Nomsf], díko [Nomsn]

Old Russian:

dikyi `wild' [adj o]

Slovak:

diký (Kott) `wild' [adj o]

Polish:

dziki `wild' [adj o]

Upper Sorbian:

dźiki `wild' [adj o]

Lithuanian:

dỹkas `empty, idle, for free, vacant' [adj o] 4

Latvian:

dīks `empty, idle, inactive' [adj o] \{1\}

Comments: Perhaps cognate with Skt. dayⁱ `fly (of birds, chariots, horses, gods)'. In view of the evidence for circumflex long i, the East Baltic forms, may be borrowings from Slavic, but the semantic difference (for which cf. Du. woest `desolate' -> `uncultivated, rough, wild') is conspicuous. Note that East Latv. dìeks², if correctly interpreted, may reflect *deik-.

Notes:

\{1\} Both dîks² and dìks² are attested. In principle this combination points to dìks. In East Latvian, there are also forms reflecting dìeks².