жаль

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь. Cognates include Old Norse kvelja, Old English cwellan, Old High German quellan, Old Armenian կեղ (keł, sore, ulcer).

Noun

жаль • (žalĭ) f

  1. grave

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐalʲ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Predicative

жаль • (žalʹ) (invariable, impersonal form)

  1. it's a pity
  2. (with the subject in the dative) pities, is sorry
    Ему́ жаль её.Jemú žalʹ jejó.He pities her.
    Мне жаль смотре́ть на неё.Mne žalʹ smotrétʹ na nejó.It grieves me to look at her.
    Ему́ жаль куска́ хле́ба.Jemú žalʹ kuská xléba.He begrudges a crust of bread.
    о́чень жаль.óčenʹ žalʹ.more's the pity.
    как жаль!kak žalʹ!what a pity!
Descendants
  • Bashkir: йәл (yəl, it's a pity)
  • Finnish: sääli (pity, mercy)
  • Ingrian: žaali (a pity)
  • Tatar: жәл (jäl, it's a pity)
  • Votic: žaali (a pity)

Verb

жаль • (žalʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of жа́лить (žálitʹ, bite, sting)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒalʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

жаль • (žalʹ) m inan (genitive жа́лю or жалю́, nominative plural жалі́, genitive plural жалі́в)

  1. regret, grief, sorrow (emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different)
  2. pity
    Synonyms: жа́лість f (žálistʹ), жа́лощі pl (žálošči)

Declension

Derived terms

Predicative

жаль • (žalʹ)

  1. (it is) a pity
  2. (with the subject in the dative case) (one) feels sorry (for), pities

Synonyms

References

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