žal

See also: zal, zâl, żal, zäl, and żął

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒal]

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• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

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

Noun

žal m inan

1. grief

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

žal

1. masculine singular past participle of žnout

   Synonym: žnul

Further reading

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Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Noun

žal m

1. Alternative form of žěl

Descendants

• Czech: žal

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒâːl/

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

• nažalost
• žalost
• žalostan

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• žálo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒâːl/

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

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒàːl/

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