alma

• almah

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.mə/

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• Hyphenation: al‧ma

alma (plural almas or alma or awalim)

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

• amla, Alam, lama, Amal, laam, Lama, mala, LAMA

From Latin anima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/ [ˈal.ma]
• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: al‧ma

alma f (plural almes)

1. soul

   Synonyms: ánima, espíritu

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *alma.

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫˈmɑ/

• Azerbaijani:

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alma (definite accusative almanı, plural almalar)

1. apple

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑɫ.mɑ]

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almaq

• elma

From Proto-Common Turkic *alma.

alma

1. apple

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آلْمَه (alma), آلْمَا (alma), from Proto-Common Turkic *alma.^[1] Compare Turkish elma, Azerbaijani alma.

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫˈmɑ/
• Hyphenation: al‧ma

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

1. apple tree
2. apple

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “алма”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 42

• ialma

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/ [ˈɑl.mɐ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈjalma/ [ˈjɑl.mɐ] (dialectal, corresponding to the form ialma)
• Rhymes: -alma
• Hyphenation: al‧ma

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

   Synonym: saúde

4. (figurative) core, nucleus

   Synonym: cerne

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• arma (La Maddalena)^[1]

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/^[1]

alma f (plural almi)

1. weapon

From Portuguese alma. Cognate with Kabuverdianu álma.

alma

1. soul

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒːlmɒ]

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• Hyphenation: al‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

From Proto-Common Turkic *alma.

alma (plural almák)

1. apple

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

alma

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

• alma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• alma in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

alma

1. apple

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

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, archaic) soul

   Synonym: anima

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

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

alma m (uncountable)

1. (board games) halma

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

alma

1. feminine singular of almo

• lama

From Latin anima.

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

alma f

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

• "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

Inherited from Latin anima.

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
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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 Galician-Portuguese alma, from Latin anima (“soul, breath”). Doublet of anima, borrowed from the same source.

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

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

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈalma/^[1]

alma f (plural almi)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/ [ˈal.ma]

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• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: al‧ma

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

   Synonym: ánima

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

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like alma, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el alma. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al alma, del alma.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un alma or una alma. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor alma, una buena alma.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el alma única, un(a) alma buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: angl

alma f

1. feminine singular of almo

• “alma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish armar, from Latin armāre.

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

almá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋ)

1. rising on hind legs (rearing up) 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)

• lindig

Borrowed from Spanish alma, from Old Spanish alma, from Latin anima. Doublet of anima.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalma/ [ˈʔal.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: al‧ma

alma (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋ)

1. soul

   Synonyms: diwa, kaluluwa

• “alma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• alam

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almak

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

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

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

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

From Ottoman Turkish آلما (alma).

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

1. obsolete form of elma (“apple”)

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

Other scripts
Latin	alma‍
Cyrillic	алма‍
Arabic	آلما

From Proto-Common Turkic *alma.

• Hyphenation: al‧ma

alma (definite accusative almany, plural almalar)

1. apple

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