allmosa

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish almosa, from Old Norse ǫlmusa(al-), from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).

Noun

allmosa c

1. (chiefly historical or ironic) an alms (gift to the poor)

Declension

Declension of allmosa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	allmosa	allmosas
	definite	allmosan	allmosans
plural	indefinite	allmosor	allmosors
	definite	allmosorna	allmosornas

References

• allmosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• allmosa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• allmosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)