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milă
pity /ˈmi.lə/
noun#788 most common
Also: mercy, compassion
Example sentences
Ai milă de mine!
Have mercy on me!
Îi este milă de câinele fără stăpân.
She feels pity for the stray dog.
Nu trebuie să-ți fie milă de el, a greșit intenționat.
You shouldn't feel sorry for him, he made the mistake on purpose.
Judecătorul nu a avut nicio milă în hotărârea sa.
The judge showed no mercy in his ruling.
Mila creștinească ne îndeamnă să-i ajutăm pe cei nevoiași.
Christian mercy urges us to help those in need.
Deși părea neînduplecat, un fir de milă i-a înmuiat inima în cele din urmă.
Although he seemed unyielding, a thread of pity softened his heart in the end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | milă | mile |
| Genitive | milei | milelor |
| Accusative | milă | mile |
| Vocative | milă | milelor |
Word family
milosmerciful, compassionate
milostivmerciful, gracious
nemilosmerciless
a miluito show mercy on, to pity
milogbeggar, one who pleads for pity
Etymology
Milă entered Romanian from Slavic, most likely Old Church Slavonic milŭ, meaning dear or worthy of compassion. Speakers narrowed the sense to pity and mercy as the word settled into everyday Romanian. The same Slavic root gave neighboring languages their words for mercy and grace. Some dictionaries trace the root further back to a Proto-Indo-European root for mild and gentle, the same root behind English mild and Latin mitis.
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