almužna

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
Ancient Greek -συνος (-sunos)
Ancient Greek -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē)
Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)bor.
Late Latin eleēmosyna
Vulgar Latin *alēmosynabor.
Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā
Old High German alamuosa
Middle High German almuosenbor.
Czech almužna

    Borrowed from Middle High German almuosen, from Old High German alamuosa, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē).

    First attested in the 14th century.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈalmuʒna]

    Noun

    almužna f

    1. alms

    Declension

    Declension of almužna (hard feminine reducible)
    singular plural
    nominative almužna almužny
    genitive almužny almužen
    dative almužně almužnám
    accusative almužnu almužny
    vocative almužno almužny
    locative almužně almužnách
    instrumental almužnou almužnami

    Descendants

    • → Polish: jałmużna

    References

    1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “almužna”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 53

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