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Russian
Etymology
From жалея́ (žalejá, “zhaleika; pipe”) + -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix), from жале́ть (žalétʹ, “to pity, feel sorry”) + -ея (-eja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: желе́йка)
Noun
жале́йка • (žaléjka) f inan (genitive жале́йки, nominative plural жале́йки, genitive plural жале́ек)
- zhaleika (Russian wind instrument)
- Synonym: жаломейка (žalomejka)
1904, С. П. Подъячев [S. P. Podyachev], Среди рабочих:Пасту́х где́-то за приго́рком игра́л на «жале́йке», и зву́ки э́той «жале́йки», просты́е и жа́лобные, каза́лось, ли́лись в прозра́чный во́здух, стоя́ли в нём, пла́кали, жа́ловались, навева́я на́ душу ти́хую, прия́тную грусть…- Pastúx gdé-to za prigórkom igrál na «žaléjke», i zvúki étoj «žaléjki», prostýje i žálobnyje, kazálosʹ, lílisʹ v prozráčnyj vózdux, stojáli v njom, plákali, žálovalisʹ, navevája ná dušu tíxuju, prijátnuju grustʹ…
- Somewhere behind the hillock a shepherd played the "zhaleika", and the sounds of this "zhaleika", simple and plaintive, seemed to pour into the clear air, hung there and cried, complaining, casting an atmosphere of quiet, pleasant sadness into the soul…
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References
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “жалейка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 274