Meaning

1 senses
  1. (imperative, usually)To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage.

    sich erbarmen

    пощадитьpoščaditʹ

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Lord have mercy!

    Боже, помилуй! — bicolino34

    ruГосподи, помилуй! — salikh

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  2. May God have mercy on him.

  3. May God have mercy upon him.

  4. May God have mercy of him.

  5. Matthew had no mercy on anyone.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
show mercy or compassion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
show mercy or compassion:

Forms

has mercy, having mercy, had mercy, had mercy
Base formhave mercy · to have mercy
3rd person singularhas mercy
Present participlehaving mercy
Past simplehad mercy
Past participlehad mercy

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mercy
he, she, ithas mercy

Past simpleLesson

all personshad mercy

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave had mercy
he, she, ithas had mercy

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill have mercy

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmercy me
Derivedlawdamercy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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