дявол
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- гя́вол (gjávol) — archaic
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ), диꙗволь (dijavolĭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲa̟voɫ]
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Noun
дя́вол • (djávol) m (relational adjective дя́волски)
- devil (a creature of hell)
- По дяволите! ― Po djavolite! ― Damn it!
- Дявол да те вземе! ― Djavol da te vzeme! ― Damn you! (literally, “May the devil take you!”)
- Дявол го взел! ― Djavol go vzel! ― Hell's bells!
- Какво по дяволите? ― Kakvo po djavolite? ― What the hell?
- Върви по дяволите! ― Vǎrvi po djavolite! ― Go to hell!
- Дявол да ме вземе! ― Djavol da me vzeme! ― I'll be damned! (literally, “May the devil take me!”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | дя́вол djávol |
дя́воли djávoli |
| definite (subject form) |
дя́волът djávolǎt |
дя́волите djávolite |
| definite (object form) |
дя́вола djávola | |
| count form | — | дя́вола djávola |
| vocative form | дя́воле djávole |
дя́воли djávoli |
Derived terms
- дяволи́т (djavolít, “hellish, evil”)
References
- “дявол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- диꙗволъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, publish. by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дявол”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 470
Anagrams
- дялов (djalov)