alma

• almah

From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة‎ (ʿālima, “singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning “learned, knowledgeable”, from عَلِمَ‎ (ʿalima, “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.

• Alam, Amal, amla, laam, lama, mala

From Latin anima.

alma f (plural almes)

1. soul

• ánima

Cognate with Old Turkic [Term?], from Proto-Turkic.

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫˈmɑ/

• Azerbaijani

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alma (definite accusative almanı, plural almalar)

1. apple

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almaq

From Old Portuguese, from Latin anima. Doublet of ánima.

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul (of a living person)

• ánima

From Portuguese alma. Cognates with Kabuverdianu álma.

alma

1. soul

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlmɒ]

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• Hyphenation: al‧ma

From a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani alma, Turkish elma.

alma (plural almák)

1. apple

alom +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

alma

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

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

• anima

• lama
• mala

From Latin anima.

alma f (Latin spelling, plural almas)

1. soul

alma f

1. feminine singular of almus

• alma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alma in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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, 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

• espirito

• Galician: alma
• Portuguese: alma

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɫ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: al‧ma
• Rhymes: -awma

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.

From Latin anima. Doublet of ánima, borrowed from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/

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alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

   Synonym: ánima

• 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, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

• almilla, almita, caérsele el alma a los pies

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

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almak

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

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

For the imperative verb form, the stress is on the first syllable. For the verbal noun, the stress is on the last syllable.

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

1. (obsolete) apple (elma is the preferred spelling in modern Turkish)

alma (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. apple