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. Cognate with Danish barmhjertig, Norwegian Bokmål barmhjertig, German barmherzig and Dutch barmhartig. The first part is related to arm (“poor, weak”) and the second part in erbarmlig and the latter is related to hjärta (“heart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barmˈhɛʈɪ(ɡ)/
Adjective
barmhärtig (comparative barmhärtigare, superlative barmhärtigast)
- merciful
Declension
| Inflection of barmhärtig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | barmhärtig | barmhärtigare | barmhärtigast |
| Neuter singular | barmhärtigt | barmhärtigare | barmhärtigast |
| Plural | barmhärtiga | 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. | |||
References
- barmhärtig in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
- barmhärtig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.