- The word 'devil' is translated into Russian as Cert (after
substituting the Cyrilic letters for English, letter by letter).
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- The first sound in the word '?' in Russian is pronounced
like the first sound in the English for the word CHAIR.
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- The ending is 'off' in English. With the Russian spelling
it is 'ov' pronounced the same as 'off' in English. This ending is used
for a large number of words in Russian, always when the word is formed
into a family name, like: Gorbachov, etc., this is extremely common in
the forming of family names in Russian.
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- Meaning, that we are dealing with the second most commonly
used word in Russian for 'devil' that received an ending to turn it into
a family name.
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- devil
- 1. _n.
- 1: ??????, ????, ???
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- In Russian, you pronounce:
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- ? as C (for chair)
- E as E (for Ebony)
- P as R ( for road)
- T as T (for Table)
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- In The Ukraine they use the same word for 'devil' as
in the Russian with a slight difference in pronunciation in the second
sound '????'.
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