grief, sorrow → to feel pity 2 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Cognates
Language 1 Bulgarian
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme 1 жал
Lexeme 2 жалость
Meaning 1 grief, sorrow
Direction —
Meaning 2 pity
Reference Fasmer 1986: II, 35
Comment

The meaning ‘grief, sorrow’is diachronically primary, cf. Czech žal, Slovak žial’, Pol. żal ‘grief, sorrow’
NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Ukrainian
Lexeme жаль
Meaning 1 grief, sorrow
Direction →
Meaning 2 to feel pity
Reference Il'in 1971: 194
Comment

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