pekle

See also: peklē and пекле

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛklɛ]

Noun

pekle

  1. locative singular of peklo

Latvian

Etymology

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

pekle f (5th declension)

  1. (theology) hell
    tumšs kā peklē ― dark as in hell

Declension

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

Synonyms

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

pekle (Cyrillic spelling пекле)

  1. feminine plural active past participle of peći
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