дявол

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• гя́вол (gjávol) — archaic

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ), диꙗволь (dijavolĭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲa̟voɫ]

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Noun

дя́вол • (djávol) m (relational adjective дя́волски)

1. devil (a creature of hell)

   По дяволите! ― Po djavolite! ― Damn it!

   Дявол да те вземе! ― Djavol da te vzeme! ― Damn you! (literally, “May the devil take you!”)

   Дявол го взел! ― Djavol go vzel! ― Hell's bells!

   Какво по дяволите? ― Kakvo po djavolite? ― What the hell?

   Върви по дяволите! ― Vǎrvi po djavolite! ― Go to hell!

   Дявол да ме вземе! ― Djavol da me vzeme! ― I'll be damned! (literally, “May the devil take me!”)

Declension

Declension of дя́вол

	singular	plural
indefinite	дя́вол djávol	дя́воли djávoli
definite (subject form)	дя́волът djávolǎt	дя́волите djávolite
definite (object form)	дя́вола djávola
count form	—	дя́вола djávola
vocative form	дя́воле djávole	дя́воли djávoli

Derived terms

• дяволи́т (djavolít, “hellish, evil”)

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

Anagrams

• дялов (djalov)