esmola

Catalan

Verb

esmola

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese esmolna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē). Cognate with Portuguese esmola and Spanish limosna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈmɔla̝/

Noun

esmola f (plural esmolas)

1. alms
   • 1340, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.) (1989): "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 481:

     muy pobres que non han de que se manteer sen as esmolas et aiudas dos boos cristaos

     the very poor ones, who have nothing to sustain themselves save for the alms and help of the good Christians

2. almsgiving

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmolla, esmolna, earlier elmosna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: es‧mo‧la

Noun

esmola f (plural s)

1. alms (small amount of money or goods given to someone as charity)
2. almsgiving (the practice of giving alms)
3. (figurative) a small benefit or help given to someone in need

Alternative forms

• esmolla (obsolete)

Verb

esmola

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