lëmoshë

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. alms, charity

Derived terms
  • lëmoshtër

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
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