Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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жаль (žalĭf

  1. grave

Declension

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʐalʲ]
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Predicative

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жаль (žalʹ) (invariable, impersonal form)

  1. it's a pity
  2. one pities, one is sorry [with dative ‘someone who pities or is sorry’, along with accusative ‘someone/something pitied’ or infinitive ‘to do something’]
    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
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  • 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)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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жаль (žalʹ)

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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жаль (žalʹm 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

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Predicative

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жаль (žalʹ)

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

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References

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