жалобный

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Russian

Etymology

жа́лоба (žáloba) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

жа́лобный (žálobnyj) (comparative (по)жа́лобнее or (по)жа́лобней)

  1. plaintive, doleful, sorrowful
    • 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Ведьма; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Witch, 1918:
      Жа́лобный плач слы́шался то за окно́м, то над кры́шей, то в пе́чке.
      Žálobnyj plač slýšalsja to za oknóm, to nad krýšej, to v péčke.
      A plaintive lament sobbed at the window, on the roof, or in the stove.

Declension