See also: Дьявол

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲjavəɫ]
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Noun

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дья́вол (dʹjávolm 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

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: jaavali

Interjection

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дья́вол (dʹjávol)

  1. dammit

References

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  • 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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