Feminine
limosna
Meaning
- (feminine) alms
- (feminine) charity; charitable donation
Concepts
Translations
Almosen
aumône
esmola
elemosina
aalmoes
almoina
ελεημοσύνη
sadaka
elemosina
almòinaFrequency
Hyphenated as
li‧mos‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/liˈmosna/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish almosna, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”) (compare French aumône, Italian elemosina, Portuguese esmola), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “pity, mercy”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “pitiful, merciful”). Cognate with English alms.
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