esmola

esmola

Catalan

Verb

esmola

1. third-person singular present indicative form of esmolar
2. second-person singular imperative form of esmolar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Ahi vay esa esmoliña

     p'rá à virxen à empregà

     que che lla dou de boa mentes;

     ¡cantè quen poidera mais!

     There it goes this little alms,

     Apply it to the Virgin

     because I give it to her willingly

     If only I could give more!

2. almsgiving

Related terms

• esmoleiro

References

• “esmola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “esmola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esmola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esmola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmɔ.lɐ/, /ezˈmɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmɔ.lɐ/, /ezˈmɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈmɔ.lɐ/, /eʒˈmɔ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ezˈmɔ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈmɔ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧mo‧la

Etymology 1

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

Noun

esmola f (plural esmolas)

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

1. inflection of esmolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative