зълъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zъlъ (bad, evil, wicked), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel-.

Adjective

зълъ (zŭlŭ) (comparative гор҄ии or зълѣи)

  1. evil
  2. bad
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 248:
      нъ зълѣишѧ сѫтъ и бѣсовъ
      zŭlěišę sǫtŭ i běsovŭ
      They are worse than the demons themselves

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References

  • S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София