печаль

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pečalь.

Noun

печаль (pečalĭf

  1. suffering, grief
    • from the Story of Ahikar:
      и печальна ꙋтеши б҃лгыми своими словѣси.
      i pečalĭna uteši b:lgymi svoimi slověsi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to печь (pečʹ, to bake). Inherited from Old East Slavic печаль (pečalĭ, grief, concern, loathing), from Proto-Slavic *pečalь, from *peťi (to bake). For similar meaning change compare го́ре (góre, grief, distress, sadness, misfortune, disaster) related to горе́ть (gorétʹ, to burn, to be consumed by fire).

Noun

печа́ль (pečálʹf inan (genitive печа́ли, nominative plural печа́ли, genitive plural печа́лей, diminutive печа́лька)

  1. sadness, grief, sorrow
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Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

печа́ль (pečálʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of печа́лить (pečálitʹ)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic печаль (pečalĭ, grief, concern, loathing), from Proto-Slavic *pečalь, from *pekti (to bake).

Noun

печа́ль (pečálʹf inan (genitive печа́лі, nominative plural печа́лі, genitive plural печа́лей, relational adjective печа́льний)

  1. grief, sorrow
Declension
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Etymology 2

Verb

печа́ль (pečálʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of печа́лити (pečályty)

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