Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (pitch). Cognate with Bulgarian пъкъл (pǎkǎl), Slovene pekel, Slovak peklo. Akin to Latin pix (pitch, tar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pǎkao/
  • Hyphenation: па‧ка‧о

Noun

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па̀као m (Latin spelling pàkao)

  1. hell
    Добродошли у пакао, господо.
    Welcome to hell, gentlemen.

Declension

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References

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  • пакао”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024