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Words of the Brothers Karamazov · 116 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

ж

then; indeed; [emphatic] 84 times

ж

particle; particle (part of idiom что ж)

"что ж" is a colloquial filler meaning roughly "well, so what."

жажда

thirst; craving; a thirst 21 times

жажда, жаждой, жажды, жажду

noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, instrumental, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular

жаждать

thirsted; thirsted for; thirst 38 times

жаждал, жаждет, жаждут, жаждавшие, жаждала, жажду, жаждущих, жаждавших and 7 more

verb, past, indicative, active, singular, imperfective; verb, present, indicative, active, third, singular, imperfective; verb, present, indicative, active, third, plural, imperfective

жалеть

to pity; pitying; are sparing 19 times

жалеть, жалела, Жалею, жалеючи, жалеешь, жалею, жалели, жалей and 3 more

verb, present, indicative, active, first, singular, imperfective; verb, active, infinitive, imperfective; verb, present, active, converb, imperfective

archaic converb form of жалеть; 'вас жалеючи' = 'out of pity for you.'

жаловаться

to complain; complained; complain 17 times

жаловаться, жаловался, жалуется, жалуюсь, жаловалась

verb, past, indicative, middle, singular, imperfective; verb, middle, infinitive, imperfective; verb, present, indicative, middle, third, singular, imperfective

жаль

a pity; sorry; feel sorry 19 times

жаль, Жаль

adverb; predicative adverb; adverb, predicate

жартовать

are joking once

Жартуешь

Polish żartujesz, transliterated into Cyrillic; шутишь restates it in Russian.

ждать

wait; waited; awaited 158 times

ждал, ждать, ждала, ждали, ждет, жду, ждут, ждешь and 8 more

verb, past, indicative, active, singular, imperfective; verb, active, infinitive, imperfective; verb, past, indicative, active, plural, imperfective

же

then; indeed; same 2179 times

же, ж, же,

particle; particle, emphatic; particle (emphatic)

же here pairs with Всё to form the idiom всё же ('nevertheless/still'); 'at all' misattributes to же a sense that actually belongs to the later ничем не.

железный

iron; railway; of iron 15 times

железной, железную, железная, железных, Железные, железною, железный

adjective, accusative, feminine, singular; adjective, genitive, feminine, singular; adjective, nominative, feminine, singular

женить

I'll marry you off; married off twice

женю, женил

verb, future, indicative, active, first, singular, perfective; verb, past, indicative, active, masculine, singular, imperfective

Not the name Женя — a finite verb form of женить, "to marry someone off".

жених

her betrothed; betrothed; the bridegroom 21 times

жениха, жених, женихом, Женихом, жениху, Жениху

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, instrumental, masculine, singular

Hyphenated compound with the previous word: 'seducer-fiancé' (обольстителя-жениха).

женский

female; woman's; women's 38 times

женский, женского, женской, женские, женских, женскую, женское, женском and 4 more

adjective, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective, genitive, feminine, singular; adjective, genitive, masculine, singular

жертва

sacrifice; a sacrifice; victim 30 times

жертву, жертвы, жертва, жертв, жертвою, жертвой

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, nominative, feminine, singular

«принести в жертву» is the idiom "to sacrifice".

жид

a Jew; Yids; Jews 10 times

жида, жиды, жид, жидами, жидов, жидам, жидков

noun, nominative, masculine, plural; noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, instrumental, masculine, plural

An archaic, derogatory ethnic slur for Jews; rendered as it appears in the source, matching the translation's word choice.

жизнь

life; of life; my life 374 times

жизнь, жизни, жизнью, жизнию, Жизнь, жизнь,, Жизнью, жизнь!

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, locative, feminine, singular

Archaic instrumental spelling of жизнью.

жилец

lodgers; tenants; the lodgers 4 times

жильцов, жильцами

noun, accusative, masculine, plural; noun, instrumental, masculine, plural

жисть

life once

жисть

Dialectal/colloquial form of жизнь ("life"), marking the peasant's speech.

житейский

everyday; worldly; earthly 4 times

житейских, житейская, житейские

adjective, locative, plural; adjective, nominative, feminine, singular; adjective, accusative, plural

жить

to live; live; lived 149 times

жить, жил, живет, живут, жила, живу, живете, живя and 16 more

verb, active, infinitive, imperfective; verb, past, indicative, active, singular, imperfective; verb, present, indicative, active, third, singular, imperfective

An archaic use of the imperative form for an unreal conditional: "живи он" = "had he lived."

журнал

journals; journal; the journal 7 times

журнал, журналов, журналу, журналах, журналам

noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, plural; noun, dative, masculine, singular

Жучка

Zhutchka; Zhuchka 22 times

Жучка, Жучку, Жучке

proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular; proper noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, nominative, feminine, singular

Elliptical: 'you'd all like it to be Zhutchka.'

Seen once or twice

жаждущий

thirsting; thirsting for twice

жалоба

complaints; complaint twice

жалобный

plaintive once

жаловать

thinks much of once

жалостно

ruefully once

жандарм

gendarmes once

жаркий

scorching once

жаться

kept squeezed once

жёсткий

hard twice

жевать

chewing once

желаемый

desired once

желанный

dear one once

желательно

I should like once

желаться

was wished; wanted twice

железнодорожник

a railwayman once

желтизна

yellow hue once

желторотый

green; the fledglings twice

желтый

yellow once

желудок

of the stomach once

жеманиться

simpering once

жеманно

primly once

жеманство

coyness once

женин

his wife's once

женитьба

by marriage; marriage twice

жеребёнок

a colt once

жертвованный

donated twice

жестикулировать

gesticulating once

жестокосердно

hard-heartedly once

жестокосердный

hard-heartedly once

жестокосердый

hard-hearted twice

жечь

burn once

живать

I lived there once

живодёрность

cruelty once

живописец

the painter once

живописный

picturesque once

животно

brutishly once

живший

that has lived once

жидёнок

Yiddikins once

жиденький

thin once

жизненный

life's once

жизнеописание

the accounts of their lives once

жилица

as a tenant; tenant's twice

жилище

the dwelling once

жилой

living twice

жилочка

little veins once

жирненький

plump once

житель

inhabitants once

жительница

resident once

жительство

citizenship once

житьё

life once

житься

life goes once

жрать

to gorge on once

жребий

lot; lots twice

жуир

a pleasure-seeker once

журнальный

journal; magazine twice

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Fyodor Dostoevsky, d. 1881; Russian from the Nauka academic edition via ru.wikisource).
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Public-domain Russian (Dostoevsky, d. 1881). Translation © 2026 1732 Studios.
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