pekel

pekel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch peeckel, pekele. The word is originally restricted to Dutch and Low German; compare Middle Low German pēkel. From these two languages are borrowed English pickle and German Pökel. Further origin uncertain. A relation with French piquer, piquant is sometimes supposed.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pekel m (uncountable)

1. brine (salt water)

Synonyms

• brijn

Derived terms

• pekelen

Verb

pekel

1. first-person singular present indicative of pekelen
2. imperative of pekelen

References

• Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pekel m (Cyrillic spelling пекел)

1. (Kajkavian) hell
   • 1936, Miroslav Krleža, Balade Petrice Kerempuha

     Hej haj nek cvate maj,

     nigdar nas v pekel taj nebu nazaj.

Synonyms

• pakao

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”). Cognate with Bulgarian пъкъл (pǎkǎl) and Serbo-Croatian па̀као/pàkao, Slovak peklo. Akin to Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈkə́w/, /ˈpə̀kəw/
• Tonal orthography: pəkə̏ł, pə̀kəł

Noun

pekèl or pèkel m inan (genitive peklà or pèkla, nominative plural [please provide])

1. hell

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Declension of pèkel (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pèkel	pèkla	pèkli
accusative	pèkel	pèkla	pèkle
genitive	pèkla	pèklov	pèklov
dative	pèklu	pèkloma	pèklom
locative	pèklu	pèklih	pèklih
instrumental	pèklom	pèkloma	pèkli