милость

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From милъ (milŭ) + -ость (-ostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *milostь.

Noun

милость • (milostĭ) f

  1. mercy

Declension

References

  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milostь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲiɫəsʲtʲ]
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Noun

ми́лость • (mílostʹ) f inan (genitive ми́лости, nominative plural ми́лости, genitive plural ми́лостей)

  1. mercy, charity, grace, kindness (behaviour, quality)
    Э́то возмо́жно то́лько по ми́лости Го́спода.Éto vozmóžno tólʹko po mílosti Góspoda.This is possible only by the grace of the Lord.
  2. (archaic) good deed, favour (act)
    скажи́(те) на ми́лостьskaží(te) na mílostʹpray tell
  3. (colloquial) (good) favour (acceptance or trust by someone)
    Он в ми́лости у нача́льства.On v mílosti u načálʹstva.He's in the favour of his superiors.
  4. (military) pardon, quarter
  5. (historical, now ironic or reproachful, as an address with a possessive pronoun) (your) grace
    Как ва́ша ми́лость прика́жет.Kak váša mílostʹ prikážet.As your grace commands.
    Что ва́шей ми́лости уго́дно?Što vášej mílosti ugódno?What would your grace like?
  6. (colloquial, disapproving, with по (po) + dative case) fault, courtesy (lit. (by) the grace (of))
  7. (slang) something cute, cuteness
    Synonym: милота́ (milotá)

Declension

Synonyms

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