зло

From Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

• IPA^(key): [zɫɔ]

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зло • (zlo) n (relational adjective зъл)

1. evil, malice

   вся́ко зло за добро́

   vsjáko zlo za dobró

   a blessing in disguise

   (literally, “for each evil, there is a good”)

2. bad omen
3. (uncountable) hardship

• злина́ (zliná, “harm, wrong”)

• “зло”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зло”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• ѕло (dzlo) — dialectal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

• IPA^(key): [zɫɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ

зло • (zlo) n (plural зла, relational adjective зол)

1. evil, wickedness, malice

• IPA^(key): [ˈzlɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: зло

Inherited from Old Slovak zlo, from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

• зле (zle)

зло (zlo) n (uncountable)

1. evil (the forces or behaviours that are the opposite of good)

   Synonym: нєдобре (njedobre)

   Antonym: добро (dobro)

2. harm, ill (physical or emotional hurt)
3. mischief, maleficence

   Synonyms: нєволя (njevolja), хиба (xiba), чкода (čkoda)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “зло¹”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “evil”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 105
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “mischief”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 180

Inherited from Old Slovak zlo. By surface analysis, зли (zli) +‎ -о (-o). Inheritance from Old Slovak zle would likely have yielded *жлє (*žlje); compare Polish źle.

зло (zlo) (comparative горше, superlative найгорше)

1. evilly, maliciously

   Synonym: нєдобре (njedobre)

   Antonym: добре (dobre)

2. poorly, badly (in a subpar manner)

   Synonym: нєдобре (njedobre)

   Antonym: добре (dobre)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “зло²”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

• IPA^(key): [zɫo]

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Inherited from Old East Slavic зъло (zŭlo), from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

зло • (zlo) n inan (genitive зла, nominative plural *зла, genitive plural зол)

1. evil, bad, wrong
2. harm
3. malice, rage, anger, grudge

• вред (vred)

• зло́ба (zlóba)
• зло́бный (zlóbnyj)
• злоде́й (zlodéj)
• злой (zloj)
• злость (zlostʹ)

зло • (zlo)

1. short neuter singular of злой (zloj)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

• IPA^(key): /zlô/

зло̏ n (Latin spelling zlȍ)

1. evil
2. evilness
3. maleficence
4. harm
5. ill

• за̏о

зло̏ (Latin spelling zlȍ)

1. bad

• “зло”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “зло”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [zɫɔ]

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Inherited from Old East Slavic зъло (zŭlo), from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

зло • (zlo) n inan (genitive зла, nominative plural зла, genitive plural зол)

1. (uncountable) evil, wrong
2. (sometimes countable) harm, ill (detriment, misfortune)
3. (uncountable) malice

• (evil, harm, ill): ли́хо n (lýxo)
• (harm, ill): го́ре n (hóre), шко́да f (škóda)
• (malice): злість f (zlistʹ), зло́ба́ f (zlóbá)

From злий (zlyj) +‎ -о (-o).

зло • (zlo)

1. evilly, maliciously, wickedly

   Synonyms: зле (zle), злі́сно (zlísno)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зло”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “зло”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зло”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “зло”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зло”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)