žal

See also: zal, zâl, żal, zäl, and żął

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒal]
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  • Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech žal, žěl, from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Noun

žal m inan

  1. grief
Declension
Declension of žal (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative žal žaly
genitive žalu žalů
dative žalu žalům
accusative žal žaly
vocative žale žaly
locative žalu žalech
instrumental žalem žaly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

žal

  1. masculine singular past participle of žnout
    Synonym: žnul

Further reading
  • žal in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • žal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • žal in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Noun

žal m

  1. Alternative form of žěl

Declension
Declension (pattern dub)
singular dual plural
nominative žal žala, žaly žali, žalové (žaloví), žaly
genitive žala, žalu žalú (žalou) žalóv (žaluov, žalů), žal
dative žalu, žalovi žaloma, žalama žalóm (žaluom, žalům)
accusative žal, žala žala, žaly žaly
vocative žale žala, žaly žali, žalové (žaloví), žaly
locative žalě (žale), žalu, žalovi žalú (žalou) žaliech (žalích), žalech, žalách
instrumental žalem žaloma, žalama žaly, žalmi, žalami

Descendants
  • Czech: žal

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒâːl/

Noun

žȃl m or f (Cyrillic spelling жа̑л)

  1. sorrow, grief
Declension
Declension of žal
singular plural
nominative žal žalovi
genitive žala žalova
dative žalu žalovima
accusative žal žalove
vocative žale žalovi
locative žalu žalovima
instrumental žalom žalovima
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “žal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒâːl/

Noun

žȃl m (Cyrillic spelling жа̑л)

  1. strand, beach
Declension
Declension of žal
singular plural
nominative žȃl žalovi / žali
genitive žala žálōvā / žálā
dative žalu žalovima / žalima
accusative žal žalove / žale
vocative žale žalovi / žali
locative žalu žalovima / žalima
instrumental žalom žalovima / žalima

Further reading
  • “žal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒàːl/

Noun

žál m inan

  1. (dated) grief, sorrow
    Synonym: žalost

Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. žál
gen. sing. žála
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 žál žála žáli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 žála žálov žálov
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 žálu žáloma žálom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 žál žála žále
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 žálu žálih žálih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 žálom žáloma žáli

Further reading
  • “žal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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