žala

“žala” is a Lithuanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

damage, harm

interjection

what a pity

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian zàlba (“damage”), Russian злой (zloj, “wicked, bad”) and dialectal Russian назо́ла (nazóla, “anguish”). Possibly linked to Irish galar (“sickness”), or alternatively with the root of žãlias (“green”). See English gall (“a type of sore”) for the former and gall (“bile”, etc.) for the latter.

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