Parts of speech
Nouns |
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печіння gen. печіння - (action of) baking or roasting печення gen. печення - (action of) baking or roasting; also baked goods |
Adjectives |
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печений - (having been) baked, roasted (past participle) печений - roast or baked (adjective) пекучий - burning hot |
Adverbs |
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пекуче - in an acute, pressing way |
Verbs |
(с)пекти - to bake; scorch, burn; be very hot (of sun) |
(с)пектися - to bake (of bread in an oven etc.); to bake, broil (in the sun) випікати, випекти - to bake (a batch) |
Useful compounds |
пекучий біль - acute pain пекуча потреба - an urgent need пекуче питання - a burning issue |
Additional information
1. пекти and піч (initially a hole in the ground where food was baked) are etymologically related to печера - a cave (see entry)
2. пекло (hell, inferno), Old Slavonic пькълъ, was, after the advent of Christiantiy to Ukraine-Rus', popularly associated with пьцьлъ, the word for 'pitch, tar' (Latin - pix) in which sinners reputedly boiled in hell
3. печихвіст (literally - 'roast your tail) - is a folk name for вітрогон(ка) - a feather-brained, empty-headed, thoughtless person
4. there are a large number of words derived from пекти, a selection of which is given below.
Related words
печиво - biscuits; baked goods
печеня - roast meat
пекар(ка) - baker
пекарня - bakery, baker's shop
піч(ка) - oven, stove
мікрохвильова піч - microwave oven
спека - (sweltering) heat; very hot weather
печія - heartburn
пекельний - hellish
допікати (комусь) - to torment, harass (someone)