żal
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zal"
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| ż-w-l |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
żal (imperfect jżul)
- to go away
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | żolt | żolt | żal | żolna | żoltu | żalu | |
| f | żalet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nżul | żżul | jżul | nżulu | żżulu | jżulu | |
| f | żżul | |||||||
| imperative | żul | żulu | ||||||
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.
Noun
żal m inan
- grief, regret, sorrow (emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing)
- Hypernym: smutek
- żal po czyjejś śmierci ― grief over someone's death
- grief, regret, sorrow (remorse after committing something wrong)
- Hypernym: skrucha
- żal za grzechy ― sorrow for one's sins
- grievance, grudge (animosity or ill will against someone or something caused by disappointment)
- Hypernym: pretensja
- żal do ojca ― grudge against one's father
- (in the plural) complaints, grievances, lamentations, regrets (statements in which someone laments or complains about something)
- wysłuchiwać żalów ― to listen to someone's grievances
- (in the plural, historical, poetry) żale (lyrical work in Old Polish literature expressing complaints about fate, pain due to some misfortune, or grief after someone's death)
Declension
Declension of żal
Derived terms
verb
- żałować impf
Verb
żal impf (defective)
- (intransitive) to grieve, to pity (to feel sympathy for someone; to feel sorry for someone)
- Żal mi jego dzieci. ― I feel sorry for his children.
- (intransitive) to regret (to feel sadness about something one has or has not done, or about what has passed and what one has lost)
- Żal nam stąd wyjeżdżać, ale mamy pełno rzeczy do zrobienia u siebie. ― We don't want to leave this place but we have a lot of work to do.
- (intransitive) to have a sense of wasting something that is important and valuable, and which one would like to see put to good use
- Żal mi czasu na dyskutowanie z tobą, i tak nie zrozumiesz. ― I'm not gonna waste my time discussing it with you, you won't understand anyway.
Conjugation
Conjugation of żal def
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
żal