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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishpitye,pitie,pittye,pitee,pite, fromAnglo-Normanpité,pittee etc., fromOld Frenchpitet,pitié, fromLatinpietās. See also the doubletspietà andpiety.

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Noun

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pity (countable anduncountable,pluralpities)

  1. (uncountable) A feeling ofsympathy at themisfortune orsuffering of someone or something.
    Synonyms:mercy,ruth;see alsoThesaurus:compassion
    I can't feel anypity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.
    takepity on someone
  2. (countable) Somethingregrettable.
    Synonym:shame
    It's apity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
    What apity about the band breaking up. I loved them!
    • 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne],The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume(please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:
      It was a thousandpities.
    • 1712 (date written),[Joseph] Addison,Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published1713,→OCLC, Act I, scene v,page 1:
      Whatpity is it / That we can die but once to serve our country!
    • 1941 September, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part V”, inRailway Magazine, page395:
      It is a thousandpities that no more detailed records than those of the guard's journals are available, but enough is known to establish them firmly among the finest feats ever achieved by "A3" Pacifics.
  3. (obsolete, Early Modern)Piety.
    • 1558,Thomas Watson,Holsome and Catholyke doctryne concerninge the seuen Sacramentes of Chrystes Church, […]‎[1], folio 105v:
      Euen so on the other syde a mans harte is contrite, when it is cutte with compunction, mollified withpitie and deuotion, moued with prayers and exhortation, is affraide by threatninges, allured by kindnes, ashamed of dishonesty, geuing place to Gods inspiration,[…]
    • 1573,James Sanforde, transl.,The Garden of Pleasure […]‎[2], folio 58v:
      A maruellous stoutnesse of a mans minde, accompanied vvithpitie tovvardes his countrie.
      When Lucius Scilla had ouercom by force of armes the Citie of Preyneste he gaue leaue and commission to the Souldiers that they should destroye it, and kyll all the Citizens sauing his Host, meaning with this good turne to shewe himselfe thankfull vnto hym, for manye curtesies receiued of hym at other times in his lodging. But that valiant Citizen hering of this commission, went foorth incontinently out of his house disguised & preasing in among other of his countrimen, sayd, that he had rather die, than owe his life to the destroyer of his countrie.
    • 1579 July 19, John Dyos,A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the 19. of Iuli 1579 […]‎[3], published1579, folios 48v–49r:
      The Church of Rome beyng moued neither withpitie, zeale, truth, reasõ, nor honesty, but onely with ambition and couetousnesse refuseth none, so they will shew thẽ selues to be of that Catholicke Church. Traytours, murtherers, theeues, coseners, cutters, adulters, baudes, strumpets and all other gracelesse persons may vpon the sayd cõditiõ haue safe accesse to Rome and be of that Church.

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Translations

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feeling of sympathy
something regrettable

Verb

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pity (third-person singular simple presentpities,present participlepitying,simple past and past participlepitied)

  1. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).[from 15th c.]
    Synonyms:commiserate,feel sorry for;see alsoThesaurus:pity
    You have got topity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Psalms103:13:
      Like as a fatherpitieth his children, so the Lordpitieth them that fear him.
    • 1793 March 19,Hester Piozzi,Thraliana:
      Well! the King of France died pardoning &pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all.
    • 1902,Hilaire Belloc,The Path to Rome:
      Nor could she get round them on a single point, and Ipitied her so much that I bought bread and wine off her to console her, and I let her overcharge me, and went out into the afterglow with her benediction, followed also by the farewells of the middle-class, who were now taking their coffee at little tables outside the house.
  2. (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.[from 16th c.]
    Hypernyms:seeThesaurus:sadden

Translations

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to feel pity for someone or something—see alsotake pity

Interjection

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pity!

  1. Ellipsis ofwhat a pity.
    Synonyms:shame,what a pity,what a shame;see alsoThesaurus:what a pity

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what a pity—seewhat a pity

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Czech

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Participle

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pity

  1. inflection ofpít:
    1. inanimatemasculinepluralpassiveparticiple
    2. femininepluralpassiveparticiple

Lower Sorbian

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pity

  1. pastpassiveparticiple ofpiś

Declension

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Declension ofpity (class 47)
SingularDualPlural
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativepitypitapitepitejpite
Genitivepitegopitejepitegopitejupitych
Dativepitemupitejpitemupitymapitym
Accusativepity,pitego1pitupitepitej,piteju1pite,pitych2
Instrumentalpitympitejupitympitymapitymi
Locativepitempitejpitempitych

1Animate.2Optional animate form.

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pity (passive adjectival)

  1. masculinesingularpassiveadjectivalparticiple ofpić

Declension

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Declension ofpity (hard)
singularplural
masculine animatemasculine inanimatefeminineneutervirile (= masculine personal)non-virile
nominative/vocativepitypitapitepicipite
genitivepitegopitejpitegopitych
dativepitemupitejpitemupitym
accusativepitegopitypitąpitepitychpite
instrumentalpitympitąpitympitymi
locativepitympitejpitympitych

Noun

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pity f

  1. inflection ofpita:
    1. genitivesingular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural
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