alma

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From colloquial Arabic عالمة (‘ālima), originally a feminine adjective meaning “learned, knowledgeable”, from علم (‘alima, to know).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈælmə/
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

alma (plural almas or alma)

  1. 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)

  1. soul

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Azeri [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Turkic almıla, from Proto-Turkic.

Noun [edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic алма
Roman alma
Perso-Arabic آلما

alma definite accusative almanı plural almalar

  1. apple

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Galician [edit]

Noun [edit]

alma f (plural almas)

  1. soul (of a living person)

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Hungarian [edit]

alma

Etymology [edit]

From a Turkic language, compare Azeri alma, Turkish elma.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɒlmɒ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧ma

Noun [edit]

alma (plural almák)

  1. apple
  2. possessive third-person singular, singular possession of alom

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Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin *alima from anima.

Noun [edit]

alma f (plural alme)

  1. (literary) soul

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Ladino [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin anima.

Noun [edit]

alma f (Latin spelling; plural almas)

  1. soul

Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

alma f

  1. 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)

  1. soul

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Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin anima.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

alma f (plural almas)

  1. soul

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin anima.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈalma]

Noun [edit]

alma f (plural almas)

  1. soul

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:

el alma

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

  1. Second-person negative imperative of almak.
  2. Second-person imperative of almamak.

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