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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	allmosa	allmosan	allmosor	allmosorna
Genitive	allmosas	allmosans	allmosors	allmosornas

References

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