alma

• almah

From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning “learned, knowledgeable”, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.mə/

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alma (plural almas or alma)

1. An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

• amla, Alam, lama, Amal, laam, Lama, mala, LAMA

From Latin anima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/,

alma f (plural almes)

1. soul

• ánima

Inherited from Common Turkic *alma.

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫˈmɑ/

• Azerbaijani:

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alma (definite accusative almanı, plural almalar)

1. apple

• IPA^(key):

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almaq

• elma

From Common Turkic *alma.

alma

1. apple

• ialma

From Old Galician-Portuguese alma, from Latin anima. The dialectal form ialma contains an antihiatic sandhi semi-vowel generated in the usual expression a alma, "the soul". Doublet of ánima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/
• IPA^(key): /ˈjalma/ (dialectal, corresponding to the form ialma)
• Rhymes: -alma
• Hyphenation: al‧ma

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul (of a living person)
   • 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:

     Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.

     Oh, Xan, look, don't get sick, or sentence with malice; watch out, because you are losing the soul

2. (figurative) person

   Synonyms: cristiano, persoa

3. (figurative) health
4. (figurative) core, nucleus

   Synonym: cerne

• ánima

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• arma (La Maddalena)^[1]

From Classical Latin arma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/^[1]

alma f (plural almi)

1. weapon

From Portuguese alma. Cognate with Kabuverdianu álma.

alma

1. soul

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• Hyphenation: al‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

From Common Turkic *alma.

alma (plural almák)

1. apple

alom (“litter, bedding”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

alma

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of alom

• alma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• alma in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

alma

1. apple

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ma/
• Rhymes: -alma
• Hyphenation: àl‧ma

Probably from Vulgar Latin *alima, dissimilated form of Latin anima^[1] (compare Spanish and Portuguese alma); alternatively, a borrowing from Old Occitan^[2] (compare Occitan anma, arma). Doublet of anima.

alma f (plural alme)

1. (literary) soul

   Synonym: anima

• alma¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “jump”).

alma m (uncountable)

1. (board games) halma

• alma² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

alma

1. feminine singular of almo

• lama

From Latin anima.

alma f (Latin spelling, plural almas)

1. soul

alma f

1. inflection of almus:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• alma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “alma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Inherited from Latin anima.

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

• AEDLL

From Latin anima (“soul, breath”).

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

From Latin anima (“soul, breath”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪.ma/

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

• espirito

• Galician: alma
• Portuguese: alma

From Old Galician-Portuguese alma, from Latin anima (“soul, breath”). Doublet of anima, borrowed from the same source.

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -almɐ, (Brazil) -awmɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ma

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Mournful in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈalma/^[1]

alma f (plural almi)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of àimma (“weapon”)

From Old Spanish alma, inherited from Latin anima. Doublet of ánima, borrowed from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/

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• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: al‧ma

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

   Synonym: ánima

2. (engineering) web (strip of material between flanges)

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like alma take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el alma. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al alma, del alma.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un alma or una alma. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor alma, una buena alma.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el alma única, un(a) alma buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: angl

alma f

1. feminine singular of almo

• “alma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Borrowed from Spanish armar, from Latin armāre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: al‧ma

almá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋ)

1. rising of hind legs in violent protest, rage, or bad temper (as of horses)
2. (figurative) rising in violent protest or anger
3. (figurative) tantrum; fit of bad temper (as of a child)

• lindig

• alam

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almak

• The stress is on the first syllable, i.e. alma.

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

1. verbal noun of almak
   1. taking, picking up, buying

• The stress is on the last syllable, i.e. alma.

From Ottoman Turkish آلما (alma).

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

1. Obsolete form of elma (“apple”).

• The stress is on the last syllable, i.e. alma.

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From Common Turkic *alma.

• Hyphenation: al‧ma

alma (definite accusative almany, plural almalar)

1. apple

• “alma” in Enedilim.com
• “alma” in Webonary.org