elemozină

Romanian

Alternative forms

• eleemozină, eleimozină

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian elemosina, from Latin eleemosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e.le.mo.zi.nə]

Noun

elemozină f (plural elemozine) (uncommon)

1. alms
2. mercy

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	elemozină	elemozina		elemozine	elemozinele
genitive-dative	elemozine	elemozinei		elemozine	elemozinelor
vocative	elemozină, elemozino			elemozinelor

Synonyms

• pomană
• mizericordie

References

• MDA2 via elemozină in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)