pakao

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьkъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (pitch). Cognate with Bulgarian пъкъл (pǎkǎl), Slovene pekel, Slovak peklo. Akin to Latin pix (pitch, tar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǎkao/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ka‧o

Noun

pàkao m (Cyrillic spelling па̀као)

  1. hell
    Dobrodošli u pakao, gospodo.
    Welcome to hell, gentlemen.

Declension

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