адъ

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See also: ꙗдъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Noun

адъ • (adŭ) m

  1. hell, Hades, Sheol, the abode of the dead before the Last Judgement
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis‎ (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

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