esmola

Catalan

Verb

esmola

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

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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

 

• (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 Galician-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)

Etymology 2

Verb

esmola

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