đavo
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑâʋoː/
- Hyphenation: đa‧vo
Noun
đȁvō m (Cyrillic spelling ђа̏во̄)
- devil
- Synonyms: vrȃg; (Bosnia) šéjtān; (Croatia) Sotòna; (Serbia) Satàna
- Zapalivši cigaretu, đavo mi je vration upaljač. ― Having lit the cigarette, the devil returned the lighter to me.
- 1989, Đorđe Balašević (lyrics and music), “Ćaletova Pesma”, in Đorđe Balašević (lyrics), Tri posleratna druga, performed by Đorđe Balašević, Novi Sad: Jugoton:
- Pod njime đavo drema
Sneva i izvoljeva, đavo mi je kriv- The devil is dozing under him
He dreams and chooses, the devil is to blame
- The devil is dozing under him
Declension
Declension of đavo
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | đȁvō | đȁvoli |
| genitive | đȁvola | đȁvōlā |
| dative | đavolu | đavolima |
| accusative | đavola | đavole |
| vocative | đȁvole | đavoli |
| locative | đavolu | đavolima |
| instrumental | đavolom | đavolima |
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