печал

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pečalь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈtʃaɫ/

Noun

печа̀л • (pečàl) f

1. burden (physical or emotional)

   Synonym: трудност (trudnost)

2. sorrow, grief, sadness

   Synonyms: мъка (mǎka), тъга (tǎga), горест (gorest), страдание (stradanie)

3. loneliness, despair

   Synonyms: униние (uninie), самота (samota), отчаяние (otčajanie)

4. mourning

   Synonyms: скръб (skrǎb), покруса (pokrusa)

5. hard work

Derived terms

• пѐчал (pèčal), печа̀лба (pečàlba, “profit”)
• пѐчален (pèčalen), опеча̀лен (opečàlen, “tragic, sorrowed”)
• печа̀лност (pečàlnost, “tragedy”)

Related terms

• пека (peka, “to bake”)
• печене (pečene, “baking”)
• печат (pečat, “branding tool, stamp”)

Verb

(deprecated template usage) печал • (pečál)

1. (deprecated template usage) Masculine past active imperfect participle of пека.

References

• “печал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• печаль in Български исторически речник, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “печа̀л”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pečalь.

Noun

печал • (pečal) f

1. grief, woe

Inflection

Declension of печал

	singular	plural
indefinite	печал	печали
definite unspecified	печалта	печалите
definite proximal	—	печаливе
definite distal	—	печалине
vocative	печал	печали