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)

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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.

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”). Cognate with Bulgarian пъкъл (pǎkǎl) and Serbo-Croatian па̀као/pàkao, Russian пекло (peklo), 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

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