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pekle

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See also: peklē and пекле

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pekle

  1. locative singular of peklo

Latvian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian пе́кло (péklo, hell), dialectal пекл (pekl) (from Old Church Slavonic пькълъ (pĭkŭlŭ, tar), from Latin picula (tar)). Its ending may also have been influenced by elle. It is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries. In some dialects, it also means “abyss.”[1]

Noun

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pekle f (5th declension)

  1. (theology) hell
    tumšs kā peklēdark as in hell

Declension

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Declension of pekle (5th)
singular
(vienskaitlis)
plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative pekle pekles
genitive pekles pekļu
dative peklei peklēm
accusative pekli pekles
instrumental pekli peklēm
locative peklē peklēs
vocative pekle pekles

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pekle”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Participle

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pekle (Cyrillic spelling пекле)

  1. feminine plural active past participle of peći