жаль

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

жаль • (žalĭ) f

1. grave

• IPA^(key): [ʐalʲ]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

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!

• → 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”)

жаль • (žalʹ)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

• IPA^(key): [ʒalʲ]

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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)

жаль • (žalʹ)

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

• жа́лко (žálko)
• шко́да́ (škódá)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жаль”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “жаль”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “жаль”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “жаль”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “жаль”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “жаль”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “жаль”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)