адов

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic адовъ (adovŭ). By surface analysis, ад (ad, “hell”) +‎ -ов (-ov).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈadof]

• Audio:

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Adjective

а́дов • (ádov)

1. (literary, archaic) hellish, abysmal, unbearable

   Synonym: а́дски (ádski)

Declension

Positive forms of а́дов

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Comparative forms of а́дов

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Superlative forms of а́дов

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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