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* Polish: {{t+|pl|miłosierny}}, {{t+|pl|litościwy}}, {{t+|pl|miłościwy}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|miłosierny}}, {{t+|pl|litościwy}}, {{t+|pl|miłościwy}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|misericordioso}}, {{t+|pt|piedoso|m}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|misericordioso}}, {{t+|pt|piedoso|m}} |
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|milostiv}}, {{t+|ro|îndurător |
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|milostiv}}, {{t+|ro|îndurător}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|милосе́рдный}}, {{t+|ru|ми́лостивый}}, {{t+|ru|сострада́тельный}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|милосе́рдный}}, {{t+|ru|ми́лостивый}}, {{t+|ru|сострада́тельный}} |
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* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|tròcaireach}},{{t|gd|cneasta}},{{t|gd|truacanta}} |
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|tròcaireach}},{{t|gd|cneasta}},{{t|gd|truacanta}} |
Revision as of 14:32, 13 June 2022
English
Etymology
From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy + -ful. Displaced native Old English mildheort.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmɜːsɪfl̩/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: mer‧ci‧ful
Adjective
merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)
- Showing mercy.
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
- `Listen, Holly. Thou art a good and honest man, and I fain would spare thee; but, oh! it is so hard for woman to be merciful.'
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
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Translations
showing mercy
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