žal

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zal"

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech žal, žěl, from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Noun

žal m inan

  1. grief
Declension
Declension of žal (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative žal žaly
genitive žalu žalů
dative žalu žalům
accusative žal žaly
vocative žale žaly
locative žalu žalech
instrumental žalem žaly
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

žal

  1. masculine singular past active participle of žnout
    Synonym: žnul

Further reading

  • “žal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “žal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “žal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • žał (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

Noun

žal m inan

  1. Alternative form of žěl

Declension

Declension of žal (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative žal žaly žali, žalové
genitive žala, žalu žalú žalóv
dative žalu žaloma žalóm
accusative žal žaly žaly
vocative žale žaly žali, žalové
locative žale, žalu žalú žaléch
instrumental žalem žaloma žaly
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: žal

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

Noun

žȃl m or f (Cyrillic spelling жа̑л)

  1. sorrow, grief
Declension
Declension of žal
singular plural
nominative žal žalovi
genitive žala žalova
dative žalu žalovima
accusative žal žalove
vocative žale žalovi
locative žalu žalovima
instrumental žalom žalovima
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “žal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek γιαλός (gialós). First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

žȃl m (Cyrillic spelling жа̑л)

  1. strand, beach
Declension
Declension of žal
singular plural
nominative žȃl žalovi / žali
genitive žala žálōvā / žálā
dative žalu žalovima / žalima
accusative žal žalove / žale
vocative žale žalovi / žali
locative žalu žalovima / žalima
instrumental žalom žalovima / žalima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žȃl”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 614

Further reading

  • “žal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

Noun

žál m inan

  1. (dated) grief, sorrow
    Synonym: žalost

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. žál
gen. sing. žála
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		žál žála žáli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		žála žálov žálov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		žálu žáloma žálom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		žál žála žále
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		žálu žálih žálih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		žálom žáloma žáli

Further reading

  • “žal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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