пекло

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛkɫo]

пе́кло • (péklo)

1. indefinite neuter singular past active aorist participle of пека́ (peká)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пькъло (pĭkŭlo), from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲekɫə]

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. (rare) hell

   Synonym: ад (ad)

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

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈkɫo]

пекло́ • (pekló)

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

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пе́кло (péklo, “hell”), from Old East Slavic пькълъ (pĭkŭlŭ, “pitch, tar, resin”), from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlo (“pitch, tar, resin”). The meaning "hell" is a semantic loan from Old Polish piekło, ^[1] which arose under the Christian influence (sinners are submerged in boiling tar in hell). ^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛkɫɔ]

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пе́кло • (péklo) n inan (genitive пе́кла, uncountable, relational adjective пеке́льний)

1. scorching heat
2. (figuratively) heat (the height or stress of an action or condition)
3. hell

   Synonym: ад (ad)

   Antonym: рай (raj)

   Ласкаво просимо до пекла! ― Laskavo prosymo do pekla! ― Welcome to Hell!

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [peˈkɫɔ]

пекло́ • (pekló) impf

1. neuter singular past indicative of пекти́ (pektý)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пекло”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пекло”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “пекло”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)