zapiekło

Old Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare zapieklić, zapiekły, etc.”). First attested in 1466.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /za(ː)pʲɛkɫɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /zapʲɛkɫɔ/, /zɒpʲɛkɫɔ/

Noun

zapiekło n

  1. (attested in Sieradz-Łęczyca, Roman Catholicism, theology, hapax legomenon) synonym of otchłań (limbo) (place for innocent souls)
    • 1874-1891 [1466], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[1], [2], [3], volume XXII, Łęczyca, page 27:
      Vicit gl. sc. iste locus precellit, odoriferis ilios arua rosis, quid miror, gl. id est quod iste locus admirari debet, Elisiis, gl. infernalibus, concludit nectare Campis zapyekly
      [Vicit gl. sc. iste locus precellit, odoriferis ilios arua rosis, quid miror, gl. id est quod iste locus admirari debet, Elisiis, gl. infernalibus, concludit nectare Campis zapiekły]

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