zlo

See also: zlo-, зло, and zło

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzlo]

Noun

zlo n (relational adjective zlý)

  1. evil
    Antonym: dobro

Declension

adjectives
verbs

Further reading

Matal

Numeral

zlo

  1. five
    Azlasufəl zlo (Mafətala 17:10)[1]
    Five kings. (Revelation 17:10)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlô/

Noun

zlȍ n (Cyrillic spelling зло̏)

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

Declension

Declension of zlo
singular plural
nominative zlȍ zla
genitive zlȁ zálā
dative zlu zlima
accusative zlo zla
vocative zlo zla
locative zlu zlima
instrumental zlom zlima

Adverb

zlȍ (Cyrillic spelling зло̏)

  1. bad

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zlɔ]

Noun

zlo n

  1. evil

Declension

Declension of zlo
(pattern mesto)
singularplural
nominativezlozlá
genitivezlaziel
dativezluzlám
accusativezlozlá
locativezlezlách
instrumentalzlomzlami

Further reading

  • zlo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlɔ́/

Noun

zlȍ n

  1. evil

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. zlo
gen. sing. zla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
zlo zli zla
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
zla zel zel
dative
(dajȃlnik)
zlu zloma zlom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
zlo zli zla
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
zlu zlih zlih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
zlom zloma zli

Further reading

  • zlo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025