pakao

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited 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)

  1. hell
    Dobro došli 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 pakle pakli
locative paklu paklima
instrumental paklom paklima

References
  • “pakao” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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