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Russian
Etymology 1
From жале́ть (žalétʹ, “to pity, feel sorry”) + -ея (-eja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: желея́)
Noun
жалея́ • (žalejá) f inan (genitive жалеи́, nominative plural жалеи́, genitive plural жале́й)
- (dialectal) big zhaleika
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “жалея” in Slovarʹ russkogo jazyka (1891–1930), volume 2, page 191
- 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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: желе́я)
Participle
жале́я • (žaléja)
- present adverbial imperfective participle of жале́ть (žalétʹ)