piekielny

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish piekielnypkielnipkielny. By surface analysis, piekło +‎ -ny.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlnɘ
  • Syllabification: pie‧kiel‧ny

Adjective

piekielny (not comparable, derived adverb piekielnie)

  1. (relational) hellish, infernal (of or relating to hell)
    Synonyms: (Middle Polish) adowy, (literary) infernalny, (Middle Polish) piekielski, piekłowy
  2. (colloquial) devil's own, intense
    Synonyms: diabelski, intensywny
  3. (colloquial) damn, cursed, unearthly
    Synonyms: cholerny, przeklęty, niesamowity

Declension

Noun

piekielny m pers (female equivalent piekielna)

  1. (Middle Polish, nominalized) hell dweller
    Synonyms: piekielnik, piekłoszczyk

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Further reading

  • piekielny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • piekielny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “piekielny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]