žala
See also: zala, zaļa, zaļā, and żalą
Czech
Alternative forms
- žnula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒala]
Verb
žala
- inflection of žnout:
- feminine singular past participle
- neuter plural past participle
Lithuanian
Žala
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian zàlba (“damage”), dialectal Russian назо́ла (nazóla, “anguish”). Possibly linked to Irish galar (“sickness”), or alternatively with the root of žãlias (“green”).
Noun
žalà f (plural žãlos) stress pattern 4
- damage, harm
Declension
declension of žala
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | žalà | žãlos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | žalõs | žalų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | žãlai | žalóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | žãlą | žalàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | žalà | žalomìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | žalojè | žalosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | žãla | žãlos |
Interjection
žalà
- what a pity
- Synonym: gaila
References
- “žala”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “žala”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “назо́ла”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
žala (Cyrillic spelling жала)
- genitive singular of žal