diabeł

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See also: diabel and diábel

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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
    Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
    Ancient Greek διά (diá)
    Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
    Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bállō)
    Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō)
    Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor.
    Old Czech diábelbor.
    Old Polish dyjabeł
    Polish diabeł

    Inherited from Old Polish dyjabeł. Doublet of diabolo.

    Pronunciation

     
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    • Rhymes: -abɛw
    • Syllabification: dia‧beł

    Noun

    diabeł m animal or m pers (female equivalent diablica, diminutive diabełek, related adjective diabli)

    1. (countable, religion, theology) devil (evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force)
      Synonyms: bies, czart, czort, licho
      Coordinate term: anioł
    2. (countable, folklore) devil (fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee, and a long tail, and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior)
      Coordinate term: anioł
    3. (countable, colloquial, derogatory) devil (someone unbearable, evil, or dangerous)
      Synonym: czort
    4. (countable, colloquial) daredevil (someone very capable, clever, or courageous)
    5. (uncountable, obsolete, rare) A card game of chance or gambling.
    6. (countable, Middle Polish, religion) foreign, pagan god; idol

    Declension

    Declension of diabeł
    singular plural
    nominative diabeł diabły/diabli
    genitive diabła diabłów
    dative diabłu diabłom
    accusative diabła diabły/diabłów
    instrumental diabłem diabłami
    locative diable diabłach
    vocative diable diabły/diabli

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    Descendants

    • → Kashubian: diôbéł, diabéł, diobéł
    • → Slovincian: djôùbel

    Further reading

    • diabeł in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • diabeł in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • diabeł in PWN's encyclopedia
    • diabeł in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “diabeł”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    • Dorota Adamiec (14.03.2013) “DIABEŁ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
    • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dyabeł”, in Słownik języka polskiego
    • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “djabeł”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
    • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “djabeł”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 454
    • diabeł in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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