Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic милостивъ (milostivŭ).

Adjective edit

milostiv m or n (feminine singular milostivă, masculine plural milostivi, feminine and neuter plural milostive)

  1. merciful

Declension edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milostivъ. By surface analysis, milost +‎ -iv

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mǐlostiːʋ/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧los‧tiv

Adjective edit

mìlostīv (comparative milostiviji, Cyrillic spelling мѝлостӣв)

  1. merciful
  2. gracious, kind

Declension edit