ruth

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

piedad

compasión

condolencia

lástima

pena

lamento

Sinónimos

pity

compassion

commiseration

sorrow

remorse

pathos

repentance

sympathy

distress

grief

mercy

contrition

Traducciones

compassione

pietà

Mitleid

piedade

pitié

compaixão

şefkat

merhamet

acıma

compassió

compassion

Barmherzigkeit

peine

attendrissement

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹuːθ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: 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”)).