peklo

See also: pękło and пекло

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛklo]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”). Cognate with Polish piekło.

Noun

peklo n

1. hell

   Antonyms: nebe, ráj

   Kníže Pekel ― The Prince of Darkness

   mít z pekla štěstí ― to be dead lucky

   mít peklo na zemi ― to experience hell on earth

   udělat mu ze života peklo ― to make someone's life a living hell

   udělat peklo ― to raise hell

   Nastalo učiněné peklo. ― All hell broke loose.

Declension

Declension of peklo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	peklo	pekla
genitive	pekla	pekel
dative	peklu	peklům
accusative	peklo	pekla
vocative	peklo	pekla
locative	pekle	peklech
instrumental	peklem	pekly

Derived terms

• pekelník
• pekelný
• peklíčko

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

peklo

1. neuter singular past active participle of péct

Further reading

• peklo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• peklo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• peklo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

peklo (Cyrillic spelling пекло)

1. neuter singular active past participle of peći

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”). Cognate with Slovene pekel, Bulgarian пъкъл (pǎkǎl) and Serbo-Croatian па̀као/pàkao. Akin to Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛkɫɔ/

Noun

peklo n (genitive singular pekla, nominative plural peklá, genitive plural pekiel, declension pattern of mesto)

1. hell

Declension

Declension of peklo

	singular	plural
nominative	peklo	peklá
genitive	pekla	pekiel
dative	peklu	peklám
accusative	peklo	peklá
locative	pekle	peklách
instrumental	peklom	peklami

Derived terms

• pekelný
• pekelne

Further reading

• “peklo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024