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piekło

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Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Old Czech peklo, from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ. First attested in the 14th century. The meaning of “hell” originated in Old Czech, which is a semantic loan of Middle High German pech (tar, pitch; hell).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pʲɛkɫɔ/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pʲɛkɫɔ/

    Noun

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    piekło n

    1. (religion, attested in Lesser Poland) hell (place of torment in the afterlife)
    2. (Christianity, attested in Lesser Poland) afterlife (place of residence of the souls of the righteous before the resurrection of Christ)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Polish: piekło

    References

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    1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “piekło”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 428

    Polish

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    Pronunciation

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    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛkwɔ
    • Syllabification: pie‧kło

    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old Polish piekło.

      Noun

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      piekło n (diminutive piekiełko)

      1. (religion) hell (place of torment in the afterlife)
        Coordinate terms: niebo (heaven), raj (paradise)
      2. (Kielce) synonym of czworak (type of building)
      Declension
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      adjective

      Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Verb

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        piekło

        1. third-person singular neuter past of piec

        Further reading

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