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ελεήμων

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.leˈi.mon/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧λε‧ή‧μων

Adjective

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ελεήμων (eleḯmonm (feminine ελεήμων, neuter ελεήμον)

  1. gracious, merciful (compassionate; showing mercy to those who are suffering)
    Synonyms: ευσπλαχνικός (efsplachnikós), φιλεύσπλαχνος (filéfsplachnos), πονόψυχος (ponópsychos)

Declension

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Declension of ελεήμων
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ελεήμων (eleḯmon) ελεήμων (eleḯmon) ελεήμον (eleḯmon) ελεήμονες (eleḯmones) ελεήμονες (eleḯmones) ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)
genitive ελεήμονος (eleḯmonos) ελεήμονος (eleḯmonos) ελεήμονος (eleḯmonos) ελεημόνων (eleïmónon) ελεημόνων (eleïmónon) ελεημόνων (eleïmónon)
accusative ελεήμονα (eleḯmona) ελεήμονα (eleḯmona) ελεήμον (eleḯmon) ελεήμονες (eleḯmones) ελεήμονες (eleḯmones) ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)
vocative ελεήμων (eleḯmon)
ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)
ελεήμων (eleḯmon) ελεήμον (eleḯmon) ελεήμονες (eleḯmones) ελεήμονες (eleḯmones) ελεήμονα (eleḯmona)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ελεήμων, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ελεήμων, etc.)

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References

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  1. ^ ελεήμων, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language