жаловать

Russian

Etymology

From жалъ (žal) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐaɫəvətʲ]

Verb

жа́ловать • (žálovatʹimpf (perfective пожа́ловать)

  1. to grant, to bestow, to confer, to reward, to award (stilted style)
  2. to favour/favor, to regard with favour/favor; to like
    Его́ не о́чень-то жа́луют тамJevó ne óčenʹ-to žálujut tamhe is not very popular there.
    прошу́ люби́ть и жа́ловатьprošú ljubítʹ i žálovatʹplease welcome; I would like you to welcome (oneself or someone who is introduced)
  3. (dated) to visit, to come to see (stilted style or jocular)

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs

Compounds:

  • жа́лованная гра́мота f (žálovannaja grámota)
Phrases
Proverbs
  • жа́лует царь, да не жа́лует псарь (žálujet carʹ, da ne žálujet psarʹ)

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “жалеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 290
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “жаловать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 275
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жаловать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 126
    • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жаль”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 126
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “жалеть”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 261
  • Anikin, A. E. (2022) “жаловать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 16 (ерепениться – житьё), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 130

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