alma

English

Alternative forms

• almah

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.mə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

alma (plural almas or alma)

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

Anagrams

• Alam, Amal, amla, laam, lama

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/,

Noun

alma f (plural almes)

1. soul

Synonyms

• ánima

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Inherited from Common Turkic *alma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫˈmɑ/

• Azerbaijani

  (file)

Noun

alma (definite accusative almanı, plural almalar)

1. apple

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almaq

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms

• elma

Etymology

From Common Turkic *alma.

Noun

alma

1. apple

Declension

Galician

Alternative forms

• ialma

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Noun

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

See also

• ánima

References

• “alma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “alma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “alma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “alma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “alma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gallurese

Alternative forms

• arma (La Maddalena)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/

Noun

alma f (plural almi)

1. weapon

References

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese alma. Cognate with Kabuverdianu álma.

Noun

alma

1. soul

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: al‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *alma.

Noun

alma (plural almák)

1. apple

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

alma

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

Declension

Further reading

• 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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

alma f (plural alme)

1. (literary) soul

   Synonym: anima

References

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

alma m (uncountable)

1. (board games) halma

Further reading

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

alma

1. feminine singular of almo

Anagrams

• lama

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

alma f (Latin spelling, plural almas)

1. soul

Latin

Adjective

alma f

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

References

• 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

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin anima.

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

References

• AEDLL

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin anima (“soul, breath”).

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin anima (“soul, breath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪.ma/

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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

Synonyms

• espirito

Descendants

• Galician: alma
• Portuguese: alma

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Oporto, Portugal)

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

Noun

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, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈalma/

Noun

alma f (plural almi)

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

References

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: al‧ma

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

   Synonym: ánima

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

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el alma, un alma

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: angl

Adjective

alma f

1. feminine singular of almo

Further reading

• “alma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armar, from Latin armāre.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• lindig

Turkish

Etymology 1

Verb

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almak

Usage notes

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

Noun

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

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

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish آلما (alma).

Noun

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

1. Obsolete form of elma (“apple”).

Usage notes

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

Turkmen

Turkmen Wikipedia has an article on:

alma

Wikipedia ^tk

Etymology

From Common Turkic *alma.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: al‧ma

Noun

alma (definite accusative almany, plural almalar)

1. apple

Declension

Further reading

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