pakao

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /pǎkao/
Hyphenation: pa‧ka‧o

Noun

pàkao m (Cyrillic spelling па̀као)

hell
Dobrodošli u pakao, gospodo.
Welcome to hell, gentlemen.

Declension

Declension of pakao

	singular	plural
nominative	pàkao	pakli
genitive	pakla	pakálā
dative	paklu	paklima
accusative	pakao	pakle
vocative	paklu	pakli
locative	paklu	paklima
instrumental	paklom	paklima