/pǎkao/
PodrijetloInherited from Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (“pitch”). Cognate with Bulgarian пъкъл (pǎkǎl), Slovene pekel, Slovak peklo,
Ukrainian пекло (peklo),
German Pech. Akin to Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).
The meaning "hell" is a semantic loan from Old Polish piekło, which arose under the Christian influence (sinners are submerged in boiling tar in hell).
- hell
“Dobro došli u pakao, gospodo.” — Welcome to hell, gentlemen.
Oblicipàkao(canonical, inanimate, masculine) · па̀као(Cyrillic) · pàkao(nominative, singular) · pakli(nominative, plural) · pakla(genitive, singular) · pakálā(genitive, plural) · paklu(dative, singular) · paklima(dative, plural) · pakao(accusative, singular) · pakle(accusative, plural) · pakle(singular, vocative) · pakli(plural, vocative) · paklu(locative, singular) · paklima(locative, plural) · paklom(instrumental, singular) · paklima(instrumental, plural)