Meaning

2 senses
  1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

    Klage, Wehklage, Klagen

    стена́ниеstenánije, причита́ниеpričitánije, завыва́ниеzavyvánije

  2. A song expressing grief.

    Klagegesang, Klagelied

    эле́гияelégija, причита́ниеpričitánije, погреба́льная песньpogrebálʹnaja pesnʹ

    a cry of sorrow and grief

Examples

37 sentences
  1. We lamented his death.

    Ми оплакували його смерть. — deniko

    ruМы оплакивали его смерть. — fjay69

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  2. We lamented her death.

    Ми оплакували її смерть. — deniko

    ruМы оплакивали её смерть. — marafon

  3. The fool laments that which he has lost and values not that which he still has.

    Безумцеві властиво жалкувати за втраченим і не радіти з того, що лишилось. — ascolto

    ruБезумцу свойственно сетовать за утраченным и не радоваться тому, что осталось. — ascolto

  4. Stop lamenting, girls, get to work.

  5. Stop lamenting, sirs, get to work.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
expression of grief, suffering, or sadness:
song expressing grief:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
expression of grief, suffering, or sadness:
song expressing grief:

Origin

A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin

A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

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Forms

plural: laments
Singularlament
Plurallaments

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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