jale

See also: Jale and jalé

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• jali

Etymology

From a Common Slavic žalĩ. Compare Romanian jale.

Noun

jale f

1. grief, sadness, distress

Antonyms

• harauã

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

jale f (pl) (feminine singular jala)

1. (third-person feminine plural pronoun) they

Related terms

• jal, jala
• jali (masculine plural)
• jai

See also

• ju
• te
• nu
• vu

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.le/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žalь. Compare Aromanian jali.

Noun

jale f (uncountable)

1. grief, distress

Declension

declension of jale (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) jale	jalea
genitive/dative	(unei) jale	jalei
vocative	jale, jaleo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian zsálya.

Noun

jale f (uncountable)

1. (botany) common sage (Salvia officinalis)

Declension

declension of jale (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) jale	jalea
genitive/dative	(unei) jale	jalei
vocative	jale, jaleo

Synonyms

• (sage): salvie

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jale (Cyrillic spelling јале)

1. vocative singular of jal

Spanish

Noun

jale

1. (Mexico, El Salvador, slang) job, work
2. (Peru, slang) sex appeal
3. (Peru, slang) charisma, pull
4. (Peru) recruitment, signing up (in the context of being called to join an organization, sports club, political party, etc.)

Verb

jale

1. inflection of jalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “jale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ژاله‎ (žâle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒale/
• Hyphenation: ja‧le

Noun

jale (definite accusative jaleyi, plural jaleler)

1. (dated) dew

   Synonyms: çiy, çiğ, kırağı, şebnem