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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жалоба (žaloba), from Proto-Slavic *žaloba.
Pronunciation
Noun
жало́ба • (žalóba) f inan (genitive жало́бы, uncountable)
- mourning
Declension
Declension of жало́ба (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- “жалоба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaloba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʑɑˈlɔbɑ/→/ʑaˈlɔba/→/ʑaˈlɔba/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɑˈlɔbɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʑaˈlɔba/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʑaˈlɔba/
Noun
жалоба (žaloba) f
- grief, regret
- complaint
Declension
Declension of жалоба (hard a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жалоба”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 841
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жалоба (žaloba), from Proto-Slavic *žaloba.
Pronunciation
Noun
жа́лоба • (žáloba) f inan (genitive жа́лобы, nominative plural жа́лобы, genitive plural жа́лоб)
- complaint
Declension
Descendants
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жалоба (žaloba, “mourning, grief”), from Proto-Slavic *žaloba. The second meaning (complaint) probably developed under the influence of Russian жа́лоба (žáloba, “complaint”).
Pronunciation
Noun
жало́ба • (žalóba) f inan (genitive жало́би, uncountable)
- (uncountable) mourning
- (colloquial) complaint
- Synonym: ска́рга (skárha)
Declension
Declension of жало́ба (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
References