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Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жалоба (žaloba), from Proto-Slavic *žaloba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

жало́ба • (žalóba) f inan (genitive жало́бы, uncountable)

  1. mourning

Declension

Declension of жало́ба (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative жало́ба
žalóba
genitive жало́бы
žalóby
dative жало́бе
žalóbje
accusative жало́бу
žalóbu
instrumental жало́бай, жало́баю
žalóbaj, žalóbaju
locative жало́бе
žalóbje

References

  • “жалоба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

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/

  • Hyphenation: жа‧ло́‧ба

Noun

жалоба (žaloba) f

  1. grief, regret
  2. complaint

Declension

Declension of жалоба (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative жалоба
žaloba 		жалобѣ
žalobě 		жалобꙑ
žaloby
genitive жалобꙑ
žaloby 		жалобу
žalobu 		жалобъ
žalobŭ
dative жалобѣ
žalobě 		жалобама
žalobama 		жалобамъ
žalobamŭ
accusative жалобѫ
žalobǫ 		жалобѣ
žalobě 		жалобꙑ
žaloby
instrumental жалобоѭ
žalobojǫ 		жалобама
žalobama 		жалобами
žalobami
locative жалобѣ
žalobě 		жалобу
žalobu 		жалобахъ
žalobaxŭ
vocative жалобо
žalobo 		жалобѣ
žalobě 		жалобꙑ
žaloby

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жалоба”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (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)

  1. complaint

Declension

Declension of жа́лоба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative жа́лоба
žáloba 		жа́лобы
žáloby
genitive жа́лобы
žáloby 		жа́лоб
žálob
dative жа́лобе
žálobe 		жа́лобам
žálobam
accusative жа́лобу
žálobu 		жа́лобы
žáloby
instrumental жа́лобой, жа́лобою
žáloboj, žáloboju 		жа́лобами
žálobami
prepositional жа́лобе
žálobe 		жа́лобах
žálobax
Pre-reform declension of жа́лоба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative жа́лоба
žáloba 		жа́лобы
žáloby
genitive жа́лобы
žáloby 		жа́лобъ
žálob
dative жа́лобѣ
žálobě 		жа́лобамъ
žálobam
accusative жа́лобу
žálobu 		жа́лобы
žáloby
instrumental жа́лобой, жа́лобою
žáloboj, žáloboju 		жа́лобами
žálobami
prepositional жа́лобѣ
žálobě 		жа́лобахъ
žálobax

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)

  1. (uncountable) mourning
  2. (colloquial) complaint
    Synonym: ска́рга (skárha)

Declension

Declension of жало́ба
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative жало́ба
žalóba
genitive жало́би
žalóby
dative жало́бі
žalóbi
accusative жало́бу
žalóbu
instrumental жало́бою
žalóboju
locative жало́бі
žalóbi
vocative жало́бо
žalóbo

Derived terms

References

Wikious
Boobota
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