печал

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Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pečalь. Possibly borrowed through Russian.

Pronunciation

Noun

печа́л • (pečál) f (poetic)

  1. burden (physical or emotional)
    Synonym: трудност (trudnost)
  2. sorrow, grief, sadness
    Synonyms: мъка (mǎka), тъга (tǎga), горест (gorest), страдание (stradanie)
  3. loneliness, despair
    Synonyms: униние (uninie), самота (samota), отчаяние (otčajanie)
  4. mourning
    Synonyms: скръб (skrǎb), покруса (pokrusa)
  5. hard work
Declension
Declension of печа́л
singular plural
indefinite печа́л
pečál 		печа́ли
pečáli
definite печалта́
pečaltá 		печа́лите
pečálite
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

пе́чал • (péčal) m

  1. (dialectal) profit
Declension
Declension of пе́чал
singular plural
indefinite пе́чал
péčal 		пе́чали
péčali
definite
(subject form) 		пе́чалът
péčalǎt 		пе́чалите
péčalite
definite
(object form) 		пе́чала
péčala
count form — пе́чала
péčala

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Participle

печа́л • (pečál)

  1. masculine singular past active imperfect participle of пека́ (peká)

References

  • “печал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • печаль in Български исторически речник, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “печа̀л”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pečalь.

Pronunciation

Noun

печал • (pečal) f (relational adjective печален)

  1. (archaic) grief, woe, sorrow
    Synonyms: тага f (taga), жал m or f (žal)

Declension

Declension of печал
singular
indefinite печал (pečal)
definite unspecified печалта (pečalta)
definite proximal —
definite distal —
vocative печал (pečal)
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