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V

have mercy

Source: 12, https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-223773401.html

Attested in Litany of Loreto

Compound:
o "together" + CE DAB- "give way" – from *wōdab-, in which *dab- means 'be yielding or permissive, make allowances'
(source: 14)

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