пекло

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛkɫo̝/

Verb

пекло • (péklo)

1. Neuter indefinite past active aorist participle of пека.

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Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲeklə]

Noun

пе́кло • (péklo) n inan (genitive пе́кла, uncountable)

1. scorching heat

   Ну и пе́кло на у́лице! ― Nu i péklo na úlice! ― What a scorcher outside!

2. (figuratively) heat (the height or stress of an action or condition)

   пе́кло сраже́ния, би́твы, бо́я ― péklo sražénija, bítvy, bója ― the heat of the battle

3. hell

   у чёрта в пе́кле ― u čórta v pékle ― with the devil in hell

Declension

Declension of пе́кло (inan sg-only neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	пе́кло péklo
genitive	пе́кла pékla
dative	пе́клу péklu
accusative	пе́кло péklo
instrumental	пе́клом péklom
prepositional	пе́кле pékle

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈklo]

Verb

пекло́ • (pekló)

1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of печь (pečʹ)