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metta

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English

Etymology

From Pali mettā.

Noun

metta (uncountable)

  1. (Buddhism) Lovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.

Dutch

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Etymology

From Pali mettā.

Noun

metta f (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. the Buddhist practice of lovingkindness towards others; maitrī or metta
    Coordinate term: goedertierenheid

Derived terms

  • mettameditatie

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

metta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mettaði, supine mettað)

  1. to sate, fill (with food)

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: mét‧ta

Verb

metta

  1. inflection of mettere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

metta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めった

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

metta

  1. inflection of mette:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse metta.

Pronunciation

Verb

metta (present tense mettar, past tense metta, past participle metta, passive infinitive mettast, present participle mettande, imperative metta/mett)

  1. to sate, fill (with food)
    Har me nok mat til å metta alle gjestene?
    Do we have enough food for all the guests?

References

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Portuguese

Verb

metta

  1. inflection of metter:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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