žalostný

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žalostný. By surface analysis, žalost +‎ -ný.

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Adjective

žalostný (comparative žalostnější, superlative nejžalostnější, adverb žalostně or (rare) žalostno)

  1. pitiable, sorry, pathetic

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Further reading

  • žalostný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • žalostný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • žalostný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)