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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/armahert(ī)
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *arm (“poor”) + *-hert(ī) (“-hearted”), calque of Latin misericors (“merciful, tenderhearted”). Parallel calque with, and perhaps influenced by, Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 (armahairts).
Adjective
*armahert(ī)
- (Christianity) merciful, tenderhearted
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *armahert | ||
| Genitive | *armahertas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *armahert | *armahertu | *armahert |
| Accusative | *armahertanā | *armahertā | *armahert |
| Genitive | *armahertas | *armaherteʀā | *armahertas |
| Dative | *armahertumē | *armaherteʀē | *armahertumē |
| Instrumental | *armahertu | *armaherteʀu | *armahertu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *armahertē | *armahertō | *armahertu |
| Accusative | *armahertā | *armahertā | *armahertu |
| Genitive | *armaherteʀō | *armaherteʀō | *armaherteʀō |
| Dative | *armahertēm, *armahertum | *armahertēm, *armahertum | *armahertēm, *armahertum |
| Instrumental | *armahertēm, *armahertum | *armahertēm, *armahertum | *armahertēm, *armahertum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *armahertī | ||
| Genitive | *armahertijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *armahertī | *armahertiju | *armahertī |
| Accusative | *armahertijanā | *armahertijā | *armahertī |
| Genitive | *armahertijas | *armahertijeʀā | *armahertijas |
| Dative | *armahertijumē | *armahertijeʀē | *armahertijumē |
| Instrumental | *armahertiju | *armahertijeʀu | *armahertiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *armahertijē | *armahertijō | *armahertiju |
| Accusative | *armahertijā | *armahertijā | *armahertiju |
| Genitive | *armahertijeʀō | *armahertijeʀō | *armahertijeʀō |
| Dative | *armahertijēm, *armahertijum | *armahertijēm, *armahertijum | *armahertijēm, *armahertijum |
| Instrumental | *armahertijēm, *armahertijum | *armahertijēm, *armahertijum | *armahertijēm, *armahertijum |
Descendants
- Old English: earmheort
- Middle English: armheorted
- Old High German: armherz, armherzīg
- ⇒ Old High German: unarmherzi