зълъ

зълъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zъlъ (“bad, evil, wicked”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel-.

Adjective

зълъ • (zŭlŭ)

1. evil
2. bad
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 248:

     нъ зълѣишѧ сѫтъ и бѣсовъ

     nŭ zŭlějšę sǫtŭ i běsovŭ

     They are worse than the demons themselves

Comparison

comparison of зълъ (zŭlŭ)

masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine plural
гории (gorij)	горе (gore)	горьши (gorĭši)	горьше (gorĭše)

Antonyms

• добръ (dobrŭ)
• благъ (blagŭ)

Derived terms

• зъловѣрие (zŭlověrie)
• зълогостивъ (zŭlogostivŭ)
• зълодѣи (zŭloděj)
• зълокъзние (zŭlokŭznie)
• зълокъзньнъ (zŭlokŭznĭnŭ)
• зълонъравьнъ (zŭlonŭravĭnŭ)
• зълопостѫпьнъ (zŭlopostǫpĭnŭ)
• зълострастие (zŭlostrastie)
• зълосъмрьтьнъ (zŭlosŭmrĭtĭnŭ)
• зълохꙑтръ (zŭloxytrŭ)
• зълочьстьнъ (zŭločĭstĭnŭ)

Related terms

• зъль (zŭlĭ, “evil”)
• зълоба (zŭloba, “malice”)

References

• S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София