дявол
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ), диꙗволь (dijavolĭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
дя̀вол • (djàvol) m
- devil (a creature of hell)
Declension
Derived terms
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