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Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žàlь.
Pronunciation
Noun
žiaľ m inan
- grief
- Synonyms: smútok, zármutok
Declension
Declension of
žiaľ (pattern
stroj)
Further reading
- “žiaľ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024