адов

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, ад (ad, hell) + -ов (-ov).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈadof]
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Adjective

а́дов • (ádov)

  1. (literary, archaic) hellish, abysmal, unbearable
    Synonym: а́дски (ádski)

Declension

Derived terms

  • изда́чие а́дово (izdáčie ádovo, hellspawn, exceptionally evil being)
  • чре́во а́дово (črévo ádovo, bowels of hell, hellscape)

References

  • адов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • адов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
  • адов”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19
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