жаль

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nouninanimatemasculine
  1. regret, grief, sorrowemotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different
  2. pity
adjective
  1. a pity
  2. (one) feels sorry (for), pities

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeжальжалі
genitiveжалюжалів
dativeжалеві / жалюжалям
accusativeжальжалі
vocativeжалюжалі
locativeжалю / жаліжалях
instrumentalжалемжалями

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Other ways to say it

Refusing and disagreeing

  • на жаль, ніunfortunately notA softer no with regret in it: у вас є…? — На жаль, ні.

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