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What is the noun for pitiful?

pity. (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. (countable) Something regrettable. (obsolete) Piety.

What is the base word of pitiful?

pitiful (adj.) mid-14c., piteful, “merciful, compassionate” (implied in pitifully), from pity (n.) + -ful. Sense of “exciting or deserving pity” is from mid-15c.; that of “mean, wretched, contemptible, to be pitied for its littleness or meanness” is attested from 1580s.