дябол

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

• дявол (djavol) — obsolete

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”), possibly via dialectal Serbo-Croatian ђабол / đabol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟabɔl]
• Rhymes: -abɔl
• Hyphenation: дя‧бол

Noun

дябол (djabol) m anim (diminutive дяблик, related adjective дяблов or дябловски)

1. devil

   Synonym: чорт (čort)

2. (intensifier) hell

   идз до дябла ― idz do djabla ― go to hell

   ки ци дябол? ― ki ci djabol? ― what the hell is wrong with you?

Declension

Declension of дябол

	singular	plural
nominative	дябол (djabol)	дябли (djabli)
genitive	дябла (djabla)	дяблох (djablox)
dative	дяблови (djablovi)	дяблом (djablom)
accusative	дябла (djabla)	дябли (djabli)
instrumental	дяблом (djablom)	дяблами (djablami)
locative	дяблови (djablovi)	дяблох (djablox)
vocative	дяблу (djablu)	дябли (djabli)

Derived terms

nouns

• дяблица f (djablica)

Related terms

proper nouns

• диявол m anim (dijavol)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “дябол”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “devil”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 83