alma

See also: Alma and álma

English

Alternative forms

• almah

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.mə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

alma (plural almas or alma)

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

Anagrams

• Alam, Amal, amla, laam, lama, mala

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

alma f (plural almes)

1. soul

Synonyms

• ánima

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		алма
Roman		alma
Perso-Arabic		آلما‎

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (alïmla), Turkish elma, Tatar and Bashkir алма (alma), Chuvash улма (ulma) (dialectally also олма (olma), омла (omla), омма (omma)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫˈmɑ/

• Azerbaijani

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Noun

alma (definite accusative almanı, plural almalar)

1. apple

Declension

Declension of alma

	singular	plural
nominative	alma	almalar
definite accusative	almanı	almaları
dative	almaya	almalara
locative	almada	almalarda
ablative	almadan	almalardan
definite genitive	almanın	almaların

Possessive forms of alma

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	almam	almalarım
sənin (“your”)	alman	almaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	alması	almaları
bizim (“our”)	almamız	almalarımız
sizin (“your”)	almanız	almalarınız
onların (“their”)	alması or almaları	almaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	almamı	almalarımı
sənin (“your”)	almanı	almalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	almasını	almalarını
bizim (“our”)	almamızı	almalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	almanızı	almalarınızı
onların (“their”)	almasını or almalarını	almalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	almama	almalarıma
sənin (“your”)	almana	almalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	almasına	almalarına
bizim (“our”)	almamıza	almalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	almanıza	almalarınıza
onların (“their”)	almasına or almalarına	almalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	almamda	almalarımda
sənin (“your”)	almanda	almalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	almasında	almalarında
bizim (“our”)	almamızda	almalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	almanızda	almalarınızda
onların (“their”)	almasında or almalarında	almalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	almamdan	almalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	almandan	almalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	almasından	almalarından
bizim (“our”)	almamızdan	almalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	almanızdan	almalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	almasından or almalarından	almalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	almamın	almalarımın
sənin (“your”)	almanın	almalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	almasının	almalarının
bizim (“our”)	almamızın	almalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	almanızın	almalarınızın
onların (“their”)	almasının or almalarının	almalarının

Etymology 2

Verb

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almaq

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul (of a living person)

See also

• ánima

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese alma. Cognates with Kabuverdianu álma.

Noun

alma

1. soul

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Hungarian

alma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlmɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: al‧ma

Etymology 1

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

Noun

alma (plural almák)

1. apple

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	alma	almák
accusative	almát	almákat
dative	almának	almáknak
instrumental	almával	almákkal
causal-final	almáért	almákért
translative	almává	almákká
terminative	almáig	almákig
essive-formal	almaként	almákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	almában	almákban
superessive	almán	almákon
adessive	almánál	almáknál
illative	almába	almákba
sublative	almára	almákra
allative	almához	almákhoz
elative	almából	almákból
delative	almáról	almákról
ablative	almától	almáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	almáé	almáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	almáéi	almákéi

Possessive forms of alma
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	almám	almáim
2nd person sing.	almád	almáid
3rd person sing.	almája	almái
1st person plural	almánk	almáink
2nd person plural	almátok	almáitok
3rd person plural	almájuk	almáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• almabor
• almafa
• almalé
• almazöld
• birsalma
• gránátalma

 

Expressions

• nem esik messze az alma a fájától

 

Etymology 2

alom +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

alma

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	alma	—
accusative	almát	—
dative	almának	—
instrumental	almával	—
causal-final	almáért	—
translative	almává	—
terminative	almáig	—
essive-formal	almaként	—
essive-modal	almául	—
inessive	almában	—
superessive	almán	—
adessive	almánál	—
illative	almába	—
sublative	almára	—
allative	almához	—
elative	almából	—
delative	almáról	—
ablative	almától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	almáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	almáéi	—

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Italian

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *alima, dissimilated form of Latin anima (compare Spanish and Portuguese alma); alternatively, a borrowing from Old Occitan (compare Occitan anma, arma). Doublet of anima.

Noun

alma f (plural alme)

1. (literary) soul

Synonyms

• anima

Anagrams

• lama
• mala

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

alma f (Latin spelling, plural almas)

1. soul

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Latin

Adjective

alma f

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

References

• 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

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Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

References

• AEDLL

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin anima (“soul, breath”).

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin anima (“soul, breath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪.ma/

Noun

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

Synonyms

• espirito

Descendants

• Galician: alma
• Portuguese: alma

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

Noun

alma f (plural almas)

1. soul

   Synonym: ánima

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

• alma gemela
• almilla
• almita
• caérsele el alma a los pies
• con el alma en vilo
• en cuerpo y alma
• no poder con su alma
• salir como alma que lleva el diablo

 

Descendants

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: angl

Further reading

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

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Verb

alma

1. second-person singular negative imperative of almak

Noun

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

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

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish آلما‎ (alma).

Noun

alma (definite accusative almayı, plural almalar)

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

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Turkmen

Noun

alma (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. apple