nyasha
/ɲaʃa/
- noun , class(10)
- synonyms: mapere
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- grace
- That element or quality of form, manner, movement, carriage, deportment, language, etc., which renders it pleasing or agreeable ; elegance or beauty of form, outline, manner, motion, or act; pleasing harmony or appropriateness; that quality in a thing or an act which charms or delights.
- Amenity of disposition or manner; sweetness or amiability; graciousness ; politeness; courtesy; civility.
- A pleasing and attractive quality or endowment; beauty; adornment; embellishment.
- Favour; goodwill; friendship; favourable disposition to another; favourable regard.
- An act of kindness or favor accorded to or bestowed on another; a good turn or service freely rendered.
- Virtue; power; efficacy.
- English translation
- mercy
- Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.
- English translation
- kindness
- The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| nyasha idzi | this grace |
| nyasha idzo | that grace |
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| nyasha dzangu | my grace |
| nyasha dzako | your grace (singular) |
| nyasha dzenyu | your grace (plural) |
| nyasha dzake | his/her grace |
| nyasha dzedu | our grace |
| nyasha dzacho | its grace |
| nyasha dzavo | their grace |
last updated: Monday, March 2, 2020 at 10:43:58 AM Central European Standard Time
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