диꙗволъ

Old Church Slavonic

Дїаволъ · 1274

Alternative forms

• дїаволъ (diavolŭ), диꙗволь (dijavolĭ), дьѣволъ (dĭěvolŭ)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”).

Verb

диꙗволъ • (dijavolŭ) m

1. devil
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1218-1222:

     такъ бо ѥстъ обꙑчаи диꙗволоу и ослѣплꙗѥтъ очи и оумалꙗѥтъ грѣхъ да творѧщеи зълаꙗ мьнѧтъ сѧ не творѧщеи зъла ничесоже

     takŭ bo jestŭ obyčai dijavolu i oslěpljajetŭ oči i umaljajetŭ grěxŭ da tvoręštei zŭlaja mĭnętŭ sę ne tvoręštei zŭla ničesože

     Such is the habit of the devil; he blinds the eyes and shrinks sin, so that those who do evil think they are doing nothing wrong.

   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1231-1239:

     глаголѭще по диꙗволи воли сѫща вьсꙗ небо слъньце ѕвѣздꙑ въздоухъ землѭ чловѣка црькъви крьстꙑ; и вьсꙗ божиꙗ диꙗволоу прѣдаѭтъ.

     glagoljǫšte po dijavoli voli sǫšta vĭsja nebo slŭnĭce dzvězdy vŭzduxŭ zemljǫ člověka crĭkŭvi krĭsty; i vĭsja božija dijavolu prědajǫtŭ.

     They saying that it is by the devil’s will that all exists; the sky, the sun, the stars, the air, mankind, the churches, the cross; all that belongs to God they ascribe to the devil.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: дя́вол (djávol)
• → Romanian: diavol