печал

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

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈt͡ʃa̟ɫ]

печа́л • (pečál) f (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

• пе́чал (péčal), печа́лба (pečálba, “profit”)
• пе́чален (péčalen), опеча́лен (opečálen, “tragic, sorrowed”)
• печа́лност (pečálnost, “tragedy”)

• пека (peka, “to bake”)
• печене (pečene, “baking”)
• печат (pečat, “branding tool, stamp”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt͡ʃɐɫ]

пе́чал • (péčal) m

1. (dialectal) profit

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈt͡ʃa̟ɫ]

печа́л • (pečál)

1. masculine singular past active imperfect participle of пека́ (peká)

• “печал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (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 [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211

• пчела (pčela)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pečalь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt͡ʃaɫ]

печал • (pečal) f (relational adjective печален)

1. (archaic) grief, woe, sorrow

   Synonyms: тага f (taga), жал m or f (žal)