žalost

See also: žalosť

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žalost, from Proto-Slavic *žalostь. By surface analysis, žal +‎ -ost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒalost]

Noun

žalost f

1. (literary) grief, sorrow

Declension

Declension of žalost (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	žalost	žalosti
genitive	žalosti	žalostí
dative	žalosti	žalostem
accusative	žalost	žalosti
vocative	žalosti	žalosti
locative	žalosti	žalostech
instrumental	žalostí	žalostmi

Derived terms

• žalostivý
• žalostný

 

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalostь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒâloːst/
• Hyphenation: ža‧lost

Noun

žȁlōst f (Cyrillic spelling жа̏ло̄ст)

1. sorrow

Declension

Declension of žalost

	singular	plural
nominative	žalost	žalosti
genitive	žalosti	žalosti
dative	žalosti	žalostima
accusative	žalost	žalosti
vocative	žalosti	žalosti
locative	žalosti	žalostima
instrumental	žalošću	žalostima

Further reading

• “žalost”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žalostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒàːlɔst/

Noun

žálost f

1. sadness (state/emotion)

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.

Feminine, i-stem
nominative	žálost
genitive	žálosti
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	žálost
genitive (rodȋlnik)	žálosti
dative (dajȃlnik)	žálosti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	žálost
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	žálosti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	žálostjo

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:žalost.

Further reading

• “žalost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024