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 superlative1
common singular barmhärtig barmhärtigare barmhärtigast
neuter singular barmhärtigt barmhärtigare barmhärtigast
plural barmhärtiga barmhärtigare barmhärtigast
masculine plural2 barmhärtige barmhärtigare barmhärtigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 barmhärtige barmhärtigare barmhärtigaste
all barmhärtiga barmhärtigare barmhärtigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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