đavo

See also: davo and Davo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• đȁvao

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑâʋoː/
• Hyphenation: đa‧vo

Noun

đȁvō m (Cyrillic spelling ђа̏во̄)

1. 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^[1], 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

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