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Czech
Etymology
From zlý (“evil, bad”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
zlo-
- pertaining to evil or wickedness
- zlo- + duch (“spirit”) → zloduch (“evil spirit, cacodemon”)
- zlo- + mysl (“mind”) + -ný → zlomyslný (“malicious”)
- zlo- + syn (“son”) → zlosyn (“villain”)
- zlo- + řád (“order”) → zlořád (“vice”)
- zlo- + volit (“to choose”) + -ný → zlovolný (“malevolent”)
- zlo- + zvyk (“habit”) → zlozvyk (“vice”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zlo-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- zlo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017