alms

Oznaczający (Angielski)

Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

Synonimy

charity

handout

donation

gift

🎁

contribution

sacrifice

offering

aid

assistance

benefaction

financial support

gifts

virtue

offerings

pity

dole

food got by begging

zakat

almsgiving

Buddhist almsgiving

dolour

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ɑːmz/

Etymologia (Angielski)

From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”).