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Old Polish
Etymology
From bezmiłość + -iwy. First attested in c. 1420.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɛzmiɫɔɕt͡ɕivɨː/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɛzmiɫɔɕt͡ɕivɨ/
Adjective
bezmiłościwy
- merciless
c. 1420, Legenda o św. Dorocie, page 169:Wymislil czenszke manky, *iosch to *bismiloscziwy kasal mancziczy- [Wymyślił ciężkie męki, jąż to bezmiłościwy kazał męczyci]
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bezmiłościwy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN