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Russian
Etymology
From жалъ (žal) + -овать (-ovatʹ).
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Particularly: “Is жалъ (žal) a variant of жаль (žalʹ, “it's a pity”)? A semantic shift from "pity" > "sympathy" > "regard" > "favor, grant" seems quite possible.”
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Pronunciation
Verb
жа́ловать • (žálovatʹ) impf (perfective пожа́ловать)
- to grant, to bestow, to confer, to reward, to award (stilted style)
- to favour/favor, to regard with favour/favor; to like
- Его́ не о́чень-то жа́луют там ― Jevó ne óčenʹ-to žálujut tam ― he is not very popular there.
- прошу́ люби́ть и жа́ловать ― prošú ljubítʹ i žálovatʹ ― please welcome; I would like you to welcome (oneself or someone who is introduced)
- (dated) to visit, to come to see (stilted style or jocular)
Conjugation
Conjugation of жа́ловать (class 2a imperfective intransitive)
Derived terms
Compounds:
- Phrases
- Proverbs
References
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “жалеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 290
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “жаловать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 275
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жаловать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 126
- See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жаль”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 126
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “жалеть”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 261
- Anikin, A. E. (2022) “жаловать”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 16 (ерепениться – житьё), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 130
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