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.”

Noun

pekle f (5th declension)

1. (theology) hell

   tumšs kā peklē ― dark as in hell

Declension

Declension of pekle (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pekle	pekles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pekli	pekles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pekles	pekļu
dative (datīvs)	peklei	peklēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pekli	peklēm
locative (lokatīvs)	peklē	peklēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	pekle	pekles

Synonyms

• elle

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

pekle (Cyrillic spelling пекле)

1. feminine plural active past participle of peći