дьявол

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ), from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos), from διαβάλλω (diabállō, “I slander”, from δια- (dia-, “through”) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”)).

For the meaning development, compare Russian кида́ла (kidála), кида́лово (kidálovo) related to кида́ть (kidátʹ).

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Noun

дья́вол • (dʹjávol) m anim (genitive дья́вола, nominative plural дья́волы, genitive plural дья́волов, feminine дья́волица or дьяволи́ца, relational adjective дья́вольский)

  1. devil
    Synonyms: чёрт (čort), сатана́ (sataná), бес (bes), (Muslim) шайта́н (šajtán), де́мон (démon)
  2. (figurative) devil, insidious person

Declension

Declension of дья́вол (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дья́вол
dʹjávol 		дья́волы
dʹjávoly
genitive дья́вола
dʹjávola 		дья́волов
dʹjávolov
dative дья́волу
dʹjávolu 		дья́волам
dʹjávolam
accusative дья́вола
dʹjávola 		дья́волов
dʹjávolov
instrumental дья́волом
dʹjávolom 		дья́волами
dʹjávolami
prepositional дья́воле
dʹjávole 		дья́волах
dʹjávolax

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Descendants

  • → Ingrian: jaavali

Interjection

дья́вол • (dʹjávol)

  1. dammit

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дьявол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дьявол”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 278
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “дьявол”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 225
  • Anikin, A. E. (2021) “дьявол”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 202
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