жаль

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Cognates include Old Norse kvelja, Old English cwellan, Old High German quellan, Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”).

Noun

жаль • (žalĭ) f

  1. grave

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐalʲ]
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Etymology 1

Adverbial form made from жа́лость (žálostʹ).

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 (yäl, “it's a pity”)
  • Tatar: жәл (jäl, “it's a pity”)

Etymology 2

Verb

жаль • (žalʹ)

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

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɑlʲ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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

  1. regret, grief, sorrow, pity

Declension

References

  • Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жаль”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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