esmola

== Catalan == === Verb === esmola inflection of esmolar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from 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. Cognate with English alms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈmɔla/ [ez̺ˈmɔ.lɐ] Rhymes: -ɔla Hyphenation: es‧mo‧la === Noun === esmola f (plural esmolas) 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: almsgiving ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esmola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esmola”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔlɐ Hyphenation: es‧mo‧la === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese esmolla, esmolna, earlier elmosna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē). ==== Noun ==== esmola f (plural esmolas) alms (small amount of money or goods given to someone as charity) almsgiving (the practice of giving alms) (figurative) a small benefit or help given to someone in need ===== Alternative forms ===== esmolla (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Tetum: ezmola === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== esmola inflection of esmolar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “esmola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esmola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “esmola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “esmola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026