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Top 500adjective

жаль

[ʐalʲ]it's a pity

Frequency rank #279 About 1 in every 2,700 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
жаль #279

Meaning

  1. it's a pity
  2. one pities, one is sorry

Examples

как жаль!

what a pity!

о́чень жаль.

more's the pity.

Forms by frequency

  • жаль#271

Words near #279

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