Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pečalь.

Noun

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печаль (pečalĭf

  1. suffering, grief
    • from the Story of Ahikar:
      и печальна ꙋтеши б҃лгыми своими словѣси.
      i pečalĭna uteši b:lgymi svoimi slověsi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Declension of печаль (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative печаль
pečalĭ
печали
pečali
печали
pečali
genitive печали
pečali
печалью, печалию
pečalĭju, pečaliju
печальи, печалии
pečalĭi, pečalii
dative печали
pečali
печальма
pečalĭma
печальмъ
pečalĭmŭ
accusative печаль
pečalĭ
печали
pečali
печали
pečali
instrumental печальѭ, печалиѭ
pečalĭjǫ, pečalijǫ
печальма
pečalĭma
печальми
pečalĭmi
locative печали
pečali
печалью, печалию
pečalĭju, pečaliju
печальхъ
pečalĭxŭ
vocative печали
pečali
печали
pečali
печальѥ, печалиѥ
pečalĭje, pečalije

Derived terms

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References

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  • Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Related to печь (pečʹ, to bake). Inherited from Old East Slavic печаль (pečalĭ, grief, concern, loathing), from Proto-Slavic *pečalь, from *peťi (to bake). For similar meaning change compare го́ре (góre, grief, distress, sadness, misfortune, disaster) related to горе́ть (gorétʹ, to burn, to be consumed by fire).

Noun

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печа́ль (pečálʹf inan (genitive печа́ли, nominative plural печа́ли, genitive plural печа́лей, diminutive печа́лька)

  1. sadness, grief, sorrow
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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печа́ль (pečálʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of печа́лить (pečálitʹ)

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic печаль (pečalĭ, grief, concern, loathing), from Proto-Slavic *pečalь, from *pekti (to bake).

Noun

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печа́ль (pečálʹf inan (genitive печа́лі, nominative plural печа́лі, genitive plural печа́лей, relational adjective печа́льний)

  1. grief, sorrow
Declension
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Declension of печа́ль
(inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative печа́ль
pečálʹ
печа́лі
pečáli
genitive печа́лі
pečáli
печа́лей
pečálej
dative печа́лі
pečáli
печа́лям
pečáljam
accusative печа́ль
pečálʹ
печа́лі
pečáli
instrumental печа́ллю
pečállju
печа́лями
pečáljamy
locative печа́лі
pečáli
печа́лях
pečáljax
vocative печа́ле
pečále
печа́лі
pečáli
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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печа́ль (pečálʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of печа́лити (pečályty)

Further reading

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