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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Adverbial form made from жа́лость (žálostʹ).

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

жаль • (žalʹ)

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

• 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, pity

• жалюгі́дний (žaljuhídnyj)

• 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