devel

English Online Dictionary. What means devel‎? What does devel mean?

English

Noun

devel (plural devels)

1. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of devvel (a hard blow)

Verb

devel (third-person singular simple present devels, present participle develling, simple past and past participle develled)

1. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of devvel

Anagrams

• Delve, delve

Middle English

Alternative forms

• deovel, deevel, devil, dyvel, devul, devyl, devell, devyll, deul, dewel, deyle, devull, dele

Etymology

From Old English dēofol, dēoful, from earlier dīobul, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːvəl/, /ˈdɛvəl/, /deːl/

Noun

devel (plural develes or defles or develen)

1. Satan, Lucifer (in Early ME, without the definite article)
2. A devil; an evil creature that resides in the Christian hell.
3. A pagan or heretical god; a deity considered to be false or an idol.
4. (figurative) A malicious or sinful person; one who is evil.
5. (rare) A fantastic beast or monstrous creature.

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: devil (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: deil, deel, deevil
• Yola: deevil, deel (syncopated)

References

• “dẹ̄vel, devel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Romani

Alternative forms

• del

Etymology

Two etymologies have been proposed:

1. Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀉𑀮 (devaüla), from Sanskrit देवकुल (devakula).
2. Inherited from Sanskrit देवता (devatā).

Noun

devel m (accusative devles, nominative plural devla, accusative plural devlen)

1. god
2. sky
3. heaven

Derived terms

• Devel

Descendants

• Caló: debel

References