čårnï bȯu̯g
Slovincian
Etymology
Literally, “black god”. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ bogъ (“bad luck”).
Noun
čǻrnï bȯ́u̯g m
- (religion) devil
- Synonym: djɵ̏·u̯bĕl
- Antonym: bjǻu̯lï bȯ́u̯g
- 1905, Friedrich Lorentz, Slovinzische Texte, page 79:
- Te-nã-řeklӑ: «Bjɵ̏·ʉ̯ z-Bʉ̀ɵ̯gą!» Ãlä tɵ-bė̀l tĭn-čǻrnï bȯ́u̯g, cɵ-mjä dʉ̀ɵ̯přäńɵs dʉ̀ɵ̯-dȯu̯m.
- Then they said, "Go with God!" But this was the black god who accompanied me home.
References
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “bȯ́u̯g”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 57