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piekło

//ˈpjɛ.kwɔ/ | /ˈpjɛ.kwɔ//
Polishnounverb

Grammatical form

piekło is the third-person singular neuter past form of piec — “oven; furnace (device that produces high temperatures, used for heating rooms and for cooking).

See the full entry for piec

Definitions

  1. 1.
    hell (place of torment in the afterlife)

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish piekło, from Old Czech peklo, from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ (“tar, pitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”).

Forms

  • piekiełkodiminutive
Nominative
Singular
piekło
Plural
piekła
Genitive
Singular
piekła
Plural
piekieł
Dative
Singular
piekłu
Plural
piekłom
Accusative
Singular
piekło
Plural
piekła
Instrumental
Singular
piekłem
Plural
piekłami
Locative
Singular
piekle
Plural
piekłach
Vocative
Singular
piekło
Plural
piekła

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