alma
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From colloquial Arabic عالمة (‘ālima), originally a feminine adjective meaning “learned, knowledgeable”, from علم (‘alima, “to know”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
- An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
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Asturian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin anima.
Noun [edit]
alma f (plural almes)
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Azeri [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Turkic almıla, from Proto-Turkic.
Noun [edit]
| Other scripts | |
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| Cyrillic | алма |
| Roman | alma |
| Perso-Arabic | آلما |
alma definite accusative almanı plural almalar
Declension [edit]
Galician [edit]
Noun [edit]
alma f (plural almas)
- soul (of a living person)
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Hungarian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From a Turkic language, compare Azeri alma, Turkish elma.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
alma (plural almák)
Declension [edit]
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declension of alma
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Derived terms [edit]
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
alma f (plural alme)
- (literary) soul
Anagrams [edit]
Ladino [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin anima.
Noun [edit]
alma f (Latin spelling; plural almas)
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
alma f
- Feminine singular of almus
Old Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin anima (“soul, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ane- (“to breathe, blow”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈal̪.ma/
Noun [edit]
alma f (plural almas)
- soul
- 13th century, attributed to 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
- e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):
Synonyms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin anima.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
alma f (plural almas)
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin anima.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈalma]
Noun [edit]
alma f (plural almas)
Usage notes [edit]
The feminine noun alma is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
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Turkish [edit]
Verb [edit]
alma
Antonyms [edit]
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian nouns
- Azeri terms derived from Old Turkic
- Azeri terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Azeri nouns
- az:Fruits
- Galician nouns
- Hungarian terms derived from Turkic languages
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian noun forms - possessive
- hu:Fruits
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian nouns
- Italian literary terms
- Ladino terms derived from Latin
- Ladino nouns
- Latin adjective forms
- Old Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Old Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese nouns
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- Turkish verb forms
- Turkish negative imperative forms
- Turkish imperative forms