See also: ꙗдъ

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Noun edit

адъ (adŭm

  1. hell, Hades, Sheol, the abode of the dead before the Last Judgement
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 224.5, line 7:
      богъ въ малѣ о̑усьпе · и҅ съпꙙштꙙѧ о҅тъ вѣка о҅тъ а҅да въскрѣси ·
      bogŭ vŭ malě ȏusĭpe · i҅ sŭpęštęę o҅tŭ věka o҅tŭ a҅da vŭskrěsi ·
      For a short time God fell asleep, and awoke out of Hell those who were sleeping from of old.
  2. (less commonly) hell, Gehenna, the abode of the damned after judgement

Descendants edit

  • Serbo-Croatian: ад
  • Bulgarian: ад (ad)
  • Old East Slavic: адъ (adŭ)
  • Romanian: iad