alma

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See also Alma, and álma

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

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  • IPA: /ˈælmə/
  • (file)

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alma (plural almas or alma)

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

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[edit] Azeri

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Cyrillic алма
Roman alma
Perso-Arabic آلما

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alma definite accusative almanı plural almalar

  1. apple

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alma f. (plural almas)

  1. soul (of a living person)

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[edit] Hungarian

alma

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

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

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alma (plural almák)

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

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[edit] Italian

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alma f. (plural alme)

  1. (literary) soul

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[edit] Ladino

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From Latin anima.

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alma f. (Latin spelling; plural almas)

  1. soul

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alma f.

  1. Feminine singular of almus

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Latin anima

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alma f. (plural almas)

  1. soul

[edit] Spanish

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Latin anima

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  • IPA: [ˈalma]

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alma f. (plural almas)

  1. soul

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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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