милост
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milostь. By surface analysis, мил (mil, “gentle”) + -ост (-ost).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmiɫost]
Noun
ми́лост • (mílost) f (relational adjective ми́лостив)
- mercy, pity, forgiveness
- (in address to a high-ranking person) grace, highness
- Ваша Милост ― Vaša Milost ― Your Highness
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ми́лост mílost |
| definite | милостта́ milosttá |
Derived terms
- милости́ня (milostínja, “alms”)
References
- “милост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “милост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ми́лость”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 65
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milostь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmiɫɔst]
Noun
милост • (milost) f (relational adjective милослив)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | милост (milost) |
| definite unspecified | милоста (milosta) |
| definite proximal | — |
| definite distal | — |
| vocative | милост (milost) |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milostь.
Noun
ми̏ло̄ст f (Latin spelling mȉlōst)