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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German almuosen, from Old High German alamuosa, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “pity”). Cognate with German Almosen, English alms.
Noun
àlmozen f
- charity
- Machet àlmozen, bénne ar möghet. ― He does charity when he can.
References
- “almozen” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo