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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pečalь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Abstract deverbial noun reflecting Pre-Slavic *pekělь, formed as *pekti (to bake) + *-ělь. Underwent the same semantic shift burningpain, burdensadness, grief as Proto-Slavic *goře.

Noun

*pečalь f

  1. burden
    (by abstraction) sadness, emotional pain
    Synonyms: *tǫga, *mǫka, *grustь
  2. (by specialization) sorrow, grief, mourning
    Synonyms: *gořestь, *skъrbь
  3. (regional) hard work
    (by metonymy) profit, reward

Inflection

  • *pečenь (baking, dish cooked in oven)
  • *peťь (oven)
  • *pečьka (cooker)
  • *pьklo (scorching heat)
  • *pečivo (cake, cookie, bread)
  • *peka (roast, barbecue)
  • *pečatь (seal, imprint)
  • *potъ (sweat)

Derived terms

  • *opečalěnъ (mourned, grieved)
  • *pečalьnъ (sorrowful, traumatic, tragic)
  • *pečalьba (gain, profit)
  • *pečaliti (to profit, to gain a reward)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: печаль (pečalĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: печаль (pečalĭ)
    • Bulgarian: печа́л (pečál, sorrow, sadness), пе́чал (péčal, gain, profit)
    • Macedonian: печал (pečal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: печаљ (obsolete)
      Latin script: pečalj (obsolete)
    • Slovene: реčа̑l

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печаль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “печа̀л (sorrow)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пѐчал (profit, gain)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211
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