зао

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See also: ЗАО

Adyghe

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

зао (zawo)

  1. war
  2. battle
  3. fight

Declension

Declension of зао
case singular plural
indefinite зао (zawo) заохэ (zawoxɛ)
nominative заор (zawor) заохэр (zawoxɛr)
ergative заом (zawom) заохэмэ (zawoxɛmɛ)
instrumental зао(м)кӏэ (zawo(m)kʼɛ) заохэ(м)кӏэ (zawoxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive заоу (zawou) заохыу (zawoxəwu)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zâo/
  • Hyphenation: за‧о

Adjective

за̏о (Latin spelling zȁo, definite зли̑, comparative го̏рӣ)

  1. evil, malicious, bad, mean, wicked
    зао чов(ј)екan evil man
    зао погледa mean look
    ви сте врло зао чов(ј)ек!You're a very bad man!
    Борио сам се као медв(ј)ед, али су зли духови били прејаки.I fought like a bear, but evil spirits were too strong.
    велики, зли вук ће те пронаћи/да те пронађе.The big bad wolf is gonna find you.
    управо сам имао најгори дан икада.I just had my worse day ever.
  2. bad (having bad quality)
    зла срећаbad luck
    бити на злу гласуto have a bad reputation
    у зао часill-timed

Declension

References

  • зао”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024