ruth

Significat (Anglès)

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Repentance; regret; remorse.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sorrow; misery; distress.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.

Conceptes

compassió

pietat

commiseració

Sinònims

pity

compassion

commiseration

sorrow

remorse

pathos

repentance

sympathy

distress

grief

mercy

contrition

Traduccions

compassione

pietà

piedade

pitié

Mitleid

compaixão

piedad

merhamet

lástima

şefkat

compasión

condolencia

acıma

ruth

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɹuːθ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: reuþe

In summary

From Middle English reuþe, ruthe, reuthe, rewthe, reowthe, corresponding to rue + -th (abstract nominal suffix), perhaps after early Scandinavian (compare Old Norse hrygð, hryggð (“ruth, sorrow”)).