помилувати

From по- (po-) +‎ ми́лувати (mýluvaty). Compare Russian поми́ловать (pomílovatʹ), Belarusian памі́лаваць (pamílavacʹ), Polish pomiłować, Old Church Slavonic помиловати (pomilovati).

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поми́лувати • (pomýluvaty) pf (imperfective ми́лувати) (transitive)

1. to have mercy (on), to show mercy (to), to spare

   Го́споди, поми́луй! ― Hóspody, pomýluj! ― Lord, have mercy!

2. (criminal law) to pardon (to grant an official pardon for a crime)

From по- (po-) +‎ милува́ти (myluváty).

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помилува́ти • (pomyluváty) pf (imperfective милува́ти)

1. (transitive, folk poetic) to caress, to dandle, to pet, to fondle

   Synonyms: попе́стити pf (popéstyty), поголу́бити pf (poholúbyty)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1976), “помилувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (Поїхати – Приробляти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 119
• “помилувати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “помилувати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “помилувати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “помилувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “помилувати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)