pekle

See also: peklē and пекле

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɛklɛ]

Noun

pekle

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)

(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

elle

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

pekle (Cyrillic spelling пекле)

feminine plural active past participle of peći

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

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