barmhärtig

See also: barmhartig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish barmhærtogher, barmhiærtogher, from Middle Low German barmhertich, apparently a calque of Latin misericors, from miser + cor.

The first part is related to arm (“poor, weak”) and the second part in erbarmlig and the latter is related to hjärta (“heart”).

Cognate with Danish barmhjertig, Norwegian Bokmål barmhjertig, German barmherzig and Dutch barmhartig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barmˈhɛʈɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

barmhärtig (comparative barmhärtigare, superlative barmhärtigast)

1. merciful

Declension

Inflection of barmhärtig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	barmhärtig	barmhärtigare	barmhärtigast
Neuter singular	barmhärtigt	barmhärtigare	barmhärtigast
Plural	barmhärtiga	barmhärtigare	barmhärtigast
Masculine plural3	barmhärtige	barmhärtigare	barmhärtigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	barmhärtige	barmhärtigare	barmhärtigaste
All	barmhärtiga	barmhärtigare	barmhärtigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

• obarmhärtig
• skoningslös

Further reading

• barmhärtig in Svensk ordbok.
• barmhärtig in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• barmhärtig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)