irgalom - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Uralic *jȣrɜ (“to get lost”) + -alom (noun-forming suffix).[1][2]
irgalom (plural irgalmak)
- mercy (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
Synonym: könyörület - mercy (forgiveness or compassion)
Synonym: kegyelem
- ^ Entry #207 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ irgalom in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
- irgalom in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.