печал

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Bulgarian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

печа́л (pečálf (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 (péčalm

  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 (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 (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 (pečalf (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)