адов
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic адовъ (adovŭ). By surface analysis, ад (ad, “hell”) + -ов (-ov).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈadof]
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Adjective
а́дов • (ádov)
- (literary, archaic) hellish, abysmal, unbearable
- Synonym: а́дски (ádski)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| indefinite | а́дов ádov |
а́дова ádova |
а́дово ádovo |
а́дови ádovi |
| definite (subject form) |
а́довият ádovijat |
а́довата ádovata |
а́довото ádovoto |
а́довите ádovite |
| definite (object form) |
а́довия ádovija | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| indefinite | по́-а́дов pó-ádov |
по́-а́дова pó-ádova |
по́-а́дово pó-ádovo |
по́-а́дови pó-ádovi |
| definite (subject form) |
по́-а́довият pó-ádovijat |
по́-а́довата pó-ádovata |
по́-а́довото pó-ádovoto |
по́-а́довите pó-ádovite |
| definite (object form) |
по́-а́довия pó-ádovija | |||
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| indefinite | на́й-а́дов náj-ádov |
на́й-а́дова náj-ádova |
на́й-а́дово náj-ádovo |
на́й-а́дови náj-ádovi |
| definite (subject form) |
на́й-а́довият náj-ádovijat |
на́й-а́довата náj-ádovata |
на́й-а́довото náj-ádovoto |
на́й-а́довите náj-ádovite |
| definite (object form) |
на́й-а́довия náj-ádovija | |||
Derived terms
- изда́чие а́дово (izdáčie ádovo, “hellspawn, exceptionally evil being”)
- чре́во а́дово (črévo ádovo, “bowels of hell, hellscape”)
References
- “адов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “адов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
- “адов”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19