жалея

Russian

Etymology 1

From жале́ть (žalétʹ, to pity, feel sorry) + -ея (-eja).

Alternative forms

  • желея́ (želejá)
  • жулея́ (žulejá)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨlʲɪˈja] (phonetic respelling: желея́)

Noun

жалея́ (žalejá) f inan (genitive жалеи́, nominative plural жалеи́, genitive plural жале́й)

  1. (dialectal) big zhaleika
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • “жалея” in Slovarʹ russkogo jazyka [Dictionary of Russian Language] (1891–1930), volume 2, page 191
  • Šanskij N. M., editor (1973), жалейка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 274

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈlʲejə] (phonetic respelling: желе́я)

Participle

жале́я (žaléja)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of жале́ть (žalétʹ)
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