lëmoshë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Either from Germanic (cf. Old High German alamuosa, Old Saxon alemōsa),[1] or directly from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, alteration of Late Latin eleēmosyna.

Noun

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lëmoshë f (plural lëmosha, definite lëmosha, definite plural lëmoshat)

  1. alms, charity

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëmoshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
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